hermano

/[eɾˈmano]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#671

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

hermano is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte uno o ambos padres. Pronounced [eɾˈmano]. It ranks #671 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with humano and Hernán.

Key facts for hermano
PropertyValue
Headwordhermano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eɾˈmano]
Letters7
Frequency rank#671
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hermano is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eɾˈmano]. Corpus data places it at rank #671 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for hermano, with forms such as "ehrmano", "hemrano", and "heramno". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "humano", "Hernán", "hermoso", 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 hermano, spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte uno o ambos padres.
  2. 2
    Específicamente, el hermano varón (por contraposición a germano).
  3. 3
    Por extensión, persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte una filiación moral, religiosa o afectiva.
  4. 4
    Miembro de una orden regular religiosa.
  5. 5
    Tratamiento que se dan mutuamente los cuñados.
  6. 6
    Lego o donado de una comunidad regular.
  7. 7
    Individuo de una hermandad o cofradía.
  8. 8
    Una cosa respecto de otra a que es semejante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrmano,hemrano,heramno,hermanno,hermaon,hermmano,hermnao,herrmano,hhermano,hremano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hermano

Misspelling Variants of "hermano"

ehrmano7hemrano7heramno7hermanno8hermaon7hermmano8hermnao7herrmano8
Misspelling Variants of "hermano"

Frequency rank: #671 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hermano"?
"hermano" is spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eɾˈmano].
What does "hermano" mean?
As a noun, "hermano" means: Persona que, con respecto a otra, comparte uno o ambos padres.
What words are commonly confused with "hermano"?
"hermano" is commonly confused with "humano", "Hernán", "hermoso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hermano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hermano" is [eɾˈmano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hermano" come from?
"hermano" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.