1 | noun | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains 2 | noun | a single domestic animal 3 | noun | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason 4 | noun | a person who is in charge 5 | noun | the front of a military formation or procession 6 | noun | the pressure exerted by a fluid 7 | noun | the top of something 8 | noun | the source of water from which a stream arises (42 meanings)

h'ed (IPA: hˈɛd)

head (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1420 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (606 years ago)

Old English |

written: 210th most common (1 in 2688 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 459th most common (1 in 6098 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

heads | headed | heading

caput | brain | mind | nous | psyche | chief | firing line | vanguard | top | fountainhead | headspring | head word | capitulum | hull | head teacher | ... (total: 44)

rear | foot | tail

human head | ego | noddle | subconscious | subconscious mind | tabula rasa | unconscious | unconscious mind | administrator | capo | decision maker | department head | don | executive | father | ... (total: 98)

external body part | domestic animal | domesticated animal | cognition | knowledge | noesis | leader | formation | force per unit area | pressure | pressure level | top | beginning | origin | rootage | ... (total: 90)

abed | ahead | bed | behead | bled | bread | bred | dead | dread | embed | fed | fled | imbed | infrared | instead | ... (total: 38) (based on typical American pronunciation)

ahead | bead | dead | heady | heal | heap | hear | heard | heat | he'd | heed | held | herd | lead | mead | Mead | read (total: 17)

(none among common words)