Hieronymus
"hieronymus" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hieronymus” is uncommon English (frequency #77,766 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,766
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hieronymus · Hieronymus · English
Hieronymus · rank #77,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,766
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hierarchically
Nearest frequency peer: hierarchically (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hieronymus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- HEPA
HEPA
22,238 corpus weight
- hexes
hexes
22,237 corpus weight
- hierarchica…
hierarchically
22,236 corpus weight
- Hieronymus
Hieronymus
22,235 corpus weight
- Hillingdon
Hillingdon
22,234 corpus weight
- hisself
hisself
22,232 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hieronymus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hieronymus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hieronymus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hieronymus is uncommon English at frequency #77,766 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Hieronymus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). Doublet of Jerome. The correct English form is Hieronymus, spelled H-I-E-R-O-N-Y-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome.
- 2A male given name from Ancient Greek of historical use.
- 3A surname transferred from the given name.
Etymology
From Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos, “holy name”). Doublet of Jerome.
This word in other languages
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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