# heard vs Hera

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heard
*verb · IPA /ˈhɜːd/ · frequency rank #542*
simple past and past participle of hear

### Hera
*name · IPA /ˈhɪəɹə/ · frequency rank #30,081*
The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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