Hersh
"hersh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hersh” is uncommon English (frequency #56,172 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,172
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hersh · Hersh · English
Hersh · rank #56,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,172
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hasselhoff
Nearest frequency peer: Hasselhoff (-2 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 “Hersh”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Harries
Harries
43,834 corpus weight
- Harrigan
Harrigan
43,833 corpus weight
- Harwich
Harwich
43,832 corpus weight
- Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff
43,831 corpus weight
- Hersh
Hersh
43,829 corpus weight
- Hikari
Hikari
43,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hersh” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hersh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hersh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hersh is uncommon English at frequency #56,172 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hersh in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yiddish הירש (hirsh, “deer”), from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare hart. The correct English form is Hersh, spelled H-E-R-S-H.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish הירש (hirsh, “deer”), from Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz. Compare hart.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).