Herman

\ɛʁ.mɑ̃\

/\ɛʁ.mɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Herman” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,640
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-herman · Herman · French

Herman · rank #16,640 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,640
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hec

Nearest frequency peer: hec (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Herman »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Herman » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Herman vs human
50% similar
Herman vs hermès
50% similar
Herman vs Hermann
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Herman
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,640
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Herman »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Hermanse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hec » (#16,639), « hate » (#16,638), « horde » (#16,642). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Herman » est au #16,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Herman (IPA \ɛʁ.mɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,640 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Herman, with forms such as "ehrman", "hemran", and "heramn". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "human", "hermès", "Hermann", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Herman, spelled H-E-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Herman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Laissez-vous entraîner dans l’univers magique des comédies musicales, Mary Poppins, West Side Story, Chicago, Show Boat, Chantons sous la pluie, My Fair Lady… où brillent les noms de George et Ira Gershwin, John Kander et Fred Ebb, Michael Stewart et Jerry Herman, Leonard Bernstein et tant d’autres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrman
  • hemran
  • heramn
  • hermman
  • hermna
  • herrman
  • hherman
  • hreman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Herman - 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.

ehrman2hemran2heramn2hermman1hermna2herrman1hherman1hreman2
Edit distance from "Herman"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herman"?
"Herman" is spelled H-E-R-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "Herman" mean?
As a proper noun, "Herman" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Herman"?
"Herman" is commonly confused with "human", "hermès", "Hermann". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Herman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Herman" is \ɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Herman" come from?
"Herman" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Herman", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list