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How to spell here

hear ithe·re/hir/adverbLong vowels

What it means: In or at this place.

In a sentence: Here is where we play every day.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as hear or heer.

Sounds like, but is not: hear. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: hereby, herein, hereafter, herewith, hereabouts. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Here” comes from Old English “hēr,” which also meant “in this place.” It is related to German “hier” and Dutch “hier,” showing how many basic location words in European languages share ancient roots.

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