herpes
[ˈeɾpes]
The verdict
“herpes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,470
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lesión cutánea inflamatoria que se caracteriza por la aparición de pequeñas vesículas agrupadas formando un racimo y rodeados de un halo rojo. Es causada por el virus herpes hominis tipo 1 que afec...
Corpus desk
Index ES-herpes · herpes · Spanish
herpes · rank #26,470 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,470
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Helsinki
Nearest frequency peer: Helsinki (-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 “herpes”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- harinas
harinas
73,534 corpus weight
- Heidi
Heidi
73,533 corpus weight
- Helsinki
Helsinki
73,532 corpus weight
- herpes
herpes
73,531 corpus weight
- hidráulico
hidráulico
73,530 corpus weight
- hinchado
hinchado
73,529 corpus weight
What this shows “herpes” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herpes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɾpes] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “herpes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around herpes (IPA [ˈeɾpes]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,470 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lesión cutánea inflamatoria que se caracteriza por la aparición de pequeñas vesículas agrupadas formando un racimo y rodeados de un halo rojo. Es causada por el virus herpes hominis tipo 1 que afec...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for herpes, with forms such as "ehrpes", "hepres", and "hereps". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "héroe", "heces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is herpes, spelled H-E-R-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Lesión cutánea inflamatoria que se caracteriza por la aparición de pequeñas vesículas agrupadas formando un racimo y rodeados de un halo rojo. Es causada por el virus herpes hominis tipo 1 que afecta cara, labios, boca y parte superior del cuerpo, y el virus herpes hominis tipo 2 que se presenta en genitales y parte inferior del cuerpo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrpes
- hepres
- hereps
- herpess
- herppes
- herpse
- herrpes
- hherpes
- hrepes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herpes - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).