# Hermes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɝmiːz/ · frequency rank #19,857

## Definitions
1. The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
2. The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
3. The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

## Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

## Easily confused with
- **hers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-hers)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-homes)
- **horses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-horses)
- **heroes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-heroes)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-holmes)
- **herpes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-herpes)
- **hermit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-hermit)
- **Hervey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-hervey)
- **Hermosa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hermes-vs-hermosa)
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-vs-hermes)
- **helms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helms-vs-hermes)
- **hares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hares-vs-hermes)
- **here's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/here-s-vs-hermes)
- **helmet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helmet-vs-hermes)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herman-vs-hermes)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmed-vs-hermes)
- **heresy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heresy-vs-hermes)
- **hedges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedges-vs-hermes)
- **herder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hermes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehrmes`, `hemres`, `herems`, `hermess`, `hermmes`, `hermse`, `herrmes`, `hhermes`, `hremes`

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