# Hermes vs hers

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hermes
*name · IPA /ˈhɝmiːz/ · frequency rank #19,857*
The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

### hers
*pronoun · IPA /ˈhɜːz/ · frequency rank #7,460*
That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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