Nouns That Start With H

548 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These nouns that start with H come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 548 nouns starting with H on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

H brings 548 nouns, and the body shows up early: head, heart, hand, hands and hair. Home and house sit near the top as well, so this is a cosy letter for early learners.

Compounds are common in the longer words. Household and headquarters each join two smaller words. The ending ness turns a describing word into a noun in happiness, a handy pattern to teach. Hotel, hall and hill are short and simple for a reading game.

Nouns starting with H: 548
Most used: he
Longest common one: hospitalization 15 letters

Most common nouns that start with H

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	he	a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses	noun
2	home	where you live at a particular time	noun
3	house	a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families	noun
4	head	the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains	noun
5	health	a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease	noun
6	half	one of two equal parts of a divisible whole	noun
7	hand	the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb	noun
8	hours	a period of time assigned for work	noun
9	history	the aggregate of past events	noun
10	heart	the locus of feelings and intuitions	noun
11	hour	a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day	noun
12	hands	(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child	noun
13	hair	a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the...	noun
14	hospital	a health facility where patients receive treatment	noun
15	hi	an expression of greeting	noun
16	husband	a married man; a woman's partner in marriage	noun
17	hotel	a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services	noun
18	holding	the act of retaining something	noun
19	holy	a sacred place of pilgrimage	noun
20	hall	an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open	noun
21	heat	a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature	noun
22	hearing	(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of...	noun
23	hill	a local and well-defined elevation of the land	noun
24	happening	an event that happens	noun
25	host	a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible...	noun
26	housing	structures collectively in which people are housed	noun
27	horse	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	noun
28	henry	a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is...	noun
29	hello	an expression of greeting	noun
30	hero	a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength	noun
31	hole	an opening into or through something	noun
32	holiday	leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure	noun
33	humans	all of the living human inhabitants of the earth	noun
34	ha	(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the...	noun
35	heaven	any place of complete bliss and delight and peace	noun
36	hat	headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim	noun
37	height	the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top	noun
38	highway	a major road for any form of motor transport	noun
39	heading	a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about	noun
40	harm	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.	noun
41	household	a social unit living together	noun
42	hip	either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh	noun
43	happiness	state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy	noun
44	hearts	a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades	noun
45	horror	intense and profound fear	noun
46	hockey	a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field	noun
47	hunting	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	noun
48	handling	manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something	noun
49	honey	a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees	noun
50	honour	the state of being honored	noun
51	hunter	someone who hunts game	noun
52	headquarters	(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise	noun
53	heritage	practices that are handed down from the past by tradition	noun
54	hiding	the activity of keeping something secret	noun
55	humanity	the quality of being humane	noun
56	hardware	major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)	noun
57	homeless	someone unfortunate without housing	noun
58	habit	an established custom	noun
59	healing	the natural process by which the body repairs itself	noun
60	ho	a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group	noun
61	holder	a holding device	noun
62	hood	an aggressive and violent young criminal	noun
63	humor	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter	noun
64	heating	the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature	noun
65	hammer	the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled	noun
66	harbor	a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo	noun
67	heights	a high place	noun
68	horn	a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it	noun
69	haven	a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary	noun
70	helicopter	an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades	noun
71	homework	preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)	noun
72	ham	meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)	noun
73	handful	a small number or amount	noun
74	harmony	compatibility in opinion and action	noun
75	hybrid	a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin...	noun
76	holland	a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level	noun
77	hunger	a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation	noun
78	hurricane	a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)	noun
79	hub	the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes	noun
80	horizon	the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet	noun
81	hull	dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut	noun
82	hack	one who works hard at boring tasks	noun
83	hatred	the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action	noun
84	harper	someone who plays the harp	noun
85	hart	United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)	noun
86	headline	the heading or caption of a newspaper article	noun
87	hype	blatant or sensational promotion	noun
88	helmet	armor plate that protects the head	noun
89	harassment	a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented	noun
90	honesty	the quality of being honest	noun
91	habitat	the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs	noun
92	hazard	a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune	noun
93	hydrogen	a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas	noun
94	headache	something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness	noun
95	hike	a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure	noun
96	hollow	a cavity or space in something	noun
97	homeland	the country where you were born	noun
98	hobby	an auxiliary activity	noun
99	hay	grass mowed and cured for use as fodder	noun
100	hometown	the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence	noun

Positive nouns that start with H

holy
hero
heaven
happiness
humor
harmony
honesty
humour
homage
hale
humility
heroine
hallmark
hooray
headway
halcyon

Short nouns that start with H

he
home
house
head
half
hand
hours
heart
hour
hands
hair
hi
hotel
holy
hall
heat
hill
host
horse
henry
hello
hero
hole
ha
hat
harm
hip
honey
habit
ho
hood
humor
horn
haven
ham
hub

Long nouns that start with H

headquarters
helicopter
harassment
hospitality
hypothesis
homosexuality
homosexual
hemisphere
heavyweight
humanities
handwriting
hesitation
humiliation
homecoming
horsepower
hostilities
homelessness
hypertension
heartbreak
heterosexual
homophobia
hallelujah
housekeeper
headmaster
housekeeping
handkerchief
horticulture
hairdresser
hemorrhage
hospitalization

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Questions people ask

How many nouns start with H?

This list has 548 nouns starting with H, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common nouns that start with H?

he, home, house, head, health, half, hand, hours are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long nouns that start with H?

happening, household, happiness, headquarters, helicopter.

What are easy nouns that start with H for kids?

he, home, house, head, health, half are short, everyday examples.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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