# Herat

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɛɹɑːt/ · frequency rank #49,975

## Definitions
1. A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.
2. A province of Afghanistan.

## Etymology
From Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠harēw⁠/).

## Easily confused with
- **het** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-het)
- **HRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hrt)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-here)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hurt)
- **hero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hero)
- **hers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hers)
- **herb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herb)
- **herd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herd)
- **Herr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herr)
- **hora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hora)
- **hurst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hurst)
- **heron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-heron)
- **hertz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hertz)
- **Hiram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hiram)
- **Herod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herod)
- **horst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-horst)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-horan)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herman)
- **herbal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-herbal)
- **hermit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herat-vs-hermit)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehrat`, `heratt`, `herrat`, `herta`, `hherat`, `hreat`

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