Herod
/ˈhɛɹəd/
"herod" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Herod” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,201
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, h...
Corpus desk
Index EN-herod · Herod · English
Herod · rank #31,201 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,201
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH headliner
Nearest frequency peer: headliner (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Herod”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Guiana
Guiana
68,804 corpus weight
- haggard
haggard
68,803 corpus weight
- headings
headings
68,802 corpus weight
- headliner
headliner
68,801 corpus weight
- Herod
Herod
68,800 corpus weight
- honeycomb
honeycomb
68,798 corpus weight
What this shows “Herod” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herod |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛɹəd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Herod”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Herod (IPA /ˈhɛɹəd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,201 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, h...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herod, with forms such as "ehrod", "heord", and "herdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hod", "hood", "hers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs). The correct English form is Herod, spelled H-E-R-O-D.
Definition
- 1The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, his son, who met Jesus during his Passion.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrod
- heord
- herdo
- herodd
- herrod
- hherod
- hreod
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herod - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herod", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).