Heredia
"heredia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Heredia” is uncommon English (frequency #83,337 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,337
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-heredia · Heredia · English
Heredia · rank #83,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,337
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH herdsman
Nearest frequency peer: herdsman (-1 rank slots)
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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 “Heredia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hendy
hendy
16,667 corpus weight
- herby
herby
16,666 corpus weight
- herdsman
herdsman
16,665 corpus weight
- Heredia
Heredia
16,664 corpus weight
- Hestia
Hestia
16,663 corpus weight
- Hilson
Hilson
16,659 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Heredia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heredia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Heredia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Heredia is uncommon English at frequency #83,337 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Heredia in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin. The correct English form is Heredia, spelled H-E-R-E-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A village in Álava province, Basque Country, Spain.
- 3A district and city, the capital of both Heredia canton and Heredia province, Costa Rica.
- 4A canton of Heredia province, Costa Rica.
- 5A province of Costa Rica.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Heredia, itself of Basque origin.
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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