hércules
[ˈeɾkules]
The verdict
“hércules” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermedad en la cual una excitación anormal de la corteza cerebral produce ataques o convulsiones, altera la función cerebral y provoca cambios en el comportamiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hercules · hércules · Spanish
hércules · rank #15,390 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,390
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH húmeda
Nearest frequency peer: húmeda (+1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hércules”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- hemorragia
hemorragia
84,613 corpus weight
- hércules
hércules
84,611 corpus weight
- húmeda
húmeda
84,610 corpus weight
- iluminado
iluminado
84,609 corpus weight
- imponente
imponente
84,608 corpus weight
- independent…
independentistas
84,607 corpus weight
What this shows “hércules” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hércules |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɾkules] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hércules”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around hércules (IPA [ˈeɾkules]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,390 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hércules, with forms such as "hhércules", "hrécules", and "hécrules". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hércules, spelled H-É-R-C-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad en la cual una excitación anormal de la corteza cerebral produce ataques o convulsiones, altera la función cerebral y provoca cambios en el comportamiento.
- 2Hombre con mucha fuerza.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hércules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El santo es de carne y hueso, pero de dimensiones colosales, un verdadero jastial, el portugués más grande que se pueda encontrar desde el sur de Portugal hasta las márgenes del Minho. En los días anteriores a la fiesta se celebra un concurso de los hércules del reino, y el más grande, el más fuerte, el más macizo de entre ellos, que alcanza la suprema fe…
Así llegaron hasta la hora en que papá Ramón tomaba su café: el hércules, quizá excitado porque había comido fuerte, tomó un pequeño pedazo de pan, y procurando disimular el movimiento, lo lanzó sobre papá Ramón.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhércules
- hrécules
- hécrules
- hérccules
- hérclues
- hércuels
- hérculess
- hérculles
- hérculse
- hérrcules
- hérucles
- éhrcules
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hércules - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).