hera
/ˈhɪəɹə/noun
hera is spelled H-E-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hera means “A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hera is heras.
How many letters and syllables are in hera?
| Letters | 4: H-E-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hera?
Hera appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hera?
- /ˈhɪəɹə/
- /ˈhɪɹə/
Hera has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Hera.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Hera2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hera?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hera.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hear, hare, rhea.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hera
- heras plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hera mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hera come from?
Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).