# hector

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɛktə/ · frequency rank #13,529

## Definitions
1. Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hector-vs-hester)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hector-vs-heston)
- **heater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hector)
- **hectic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hectic-vs-hector)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-hector)
- **hectare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hectare-vs-hector)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehctor`, `hcetor`, `hecctor`, `hecotr`, `hectorr`, `hectro`, `hecttor`, `hetcor`, `hhector`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hector