Hera

/[ˈeɾa]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,779

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Hera is aSpanishname. It means: Diosa griega del matrimonio, hermana y esposa de Zeus, hija de Rea y de Cronos. En la mitología romana su equivalente era Juno. Pronounced [ˈeɾa]. Often confused with hey and hua.

Key facts for Hera
PropertyValue
HeadwordHera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈeɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,779
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Hera is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,779 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Diosa griega del matrimonio, hermana y esposa de Zeus, hija de Rea y de Cronos. En la mitología romana su equivalente era Juno.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hera, with forms such as "ehra", "herra", and "hhera". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "hua", "hora", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Hera, spelled H-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diosa griega del matrimonio, hermana y esposa de Zeus, hija de Rea y de Cronos. En la mitología romana su equivalente era Juno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehra,herra,hhera,hrea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hera

Misspelling Variants of "Hera"

ehra4herra5hhera5hrea4
Misspelling Variants of "Hera"

Frequency rank: #28,779 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hera"?
"Hera" is spelled H-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeɾa].
What does "Hera" mean?
As a name, "Hera" means: Diosa griega del matrimonio, hermana y esposa de Zeus, hija de Rea y de Cronos. En la mitología romana su equivalente era Juno.
What words are commonly confused with "Hera"?
"Hera" is commonly confused with "hey", "hua", "hora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hera" is [ˈeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hera" come from?
"Hera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.