Heracles
/ˈhɛɹəkliːz/
"heracles" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Heracles” is uncommon English (frequency #53,596 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,596
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heracles · Heracles · English
Heracles · rank #53,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,596
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heraldry
Nearest frequency peer: heraldry (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Heracles”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury
46,408 corpus weight
- Haydon
Haydon
46,407 corpus weight
- Heracles
Heracles
46,405 corpus weight
- heraldry
heraldry
46,404 corpus weight
- hermeneutics
hermeneutics
46,402 corpus weight
- Hittite
Hittite
46,400 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Heracles” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heracles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛɹəkliːz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Heracles” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Heracles is uncommon English at frequency #53,596 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈhɛɹəkliːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Heracles, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”). The correct English form is Heracles, spelled H-E-R-A-C-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
This word in other languages
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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