hr

Other forms of hr

plural

hrs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hr

What does hr mean?

hr means "a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day".

How many syllables are in hr?

hr has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈeɪˈtʃɑɹ/.

What is another word for hr?

Close synonyms include hour, 60 minutes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hr a common word?

hr is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hr?

1 word rhymes with hr. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.