hemeral
"hemeral" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hemeral” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours
Corpus desk
Index EN-hemeral · hemeral · English
hemeral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hemeral |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hemeral” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hemeral is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hemeral, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”). The correct English form is hemeral, spelled H-E-M-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Daily; circadian; cyclical, with a period of 24 hours
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hemeral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Photostimulation at 22 weeks of age was done with either a normal, hemeral day (14 hours of light; 10 hours of darkness) or a long ahemeral day (14 hours of light; 14 hours of darkness).
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.