hector
/ˈhɛktə/
"hector" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hector” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,529
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hector · hector · English
hector · rank #13,529 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,529
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heartbreaking
Nearest frequency peer: heartbreaking (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hector”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- handwriting
handwriting
86,475 corpus weight
- hassle
hassle
86,474 corpus weight
- heartbreaki…
heartbreaking
86,473 corpus weight
- hector
hector
86,472 corpus weight
- Hicks
Hicks
86,471 corpus weight
- hog
hog
86,469 corpus weight
What this shows “hector” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hector |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛktə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hector” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around hector (IPA /ˈhɛktə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,529 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hector, with forms such as "ehctor", "hcetor", and "hecctor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Hester", "Heston", "heater", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, … The correct English form is hector, spelled H-E-C-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hector appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luc[ia]. VVhat would you do you dowty Hectors? / Kick. Hectors! upon my honour, if we can find them out, we'll beat your Gallants for this. / […] Luc. Advant, you Hectors, we are not fit for you: […]
Etymology
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehctor
- hcetor
- hecctor
- hecotr
- hectorr
- hectro
- hecttor
- hetcor
- hhector
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hector - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hector", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).