hermano

\eɾ.ˈma.no\

/\eɾ.ˈma.no\/ noun

The verdict

“hermano” is uncommon French (frequency #91,779 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,779
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frère, homme qui a le même père et la même mère qu’une autre personne, ou bien seulement un des deux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hermano · hermano · French

hermano · rank #91,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,779
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH herd

Nearest frequency peer: herd (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hermano »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hermano » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hermano
PropertyValue
Headwordhermano
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\eɾ.ˈma.no\
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hermano » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hermanotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « herd » (#91,778), « herbeuses » (#91,777), « hijra » (#91,781). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hermano » est au #91,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hermano is uncommon French at frequency #91,779 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \eɾ.ˈma.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

hermano has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hermano, spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Frère, homme qui a le même père et la même mère qu’une autre personne, ou bien seulement un des deux.
  2. 2
    Frère, homme appartenant à une confrérie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. El hermano habló confusamente de resonancias, vibraciones.

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 "hermano"?
"hermano" is spelled H-E-R-M-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \eɾ.ˈma.no\.
What does "hermano" mean?
As a noun, "hermano" means: Frère, homme qui a le même père et la même mère qu’une autre personne, ou bien seulement un des deux.
How do you pronounce "hermano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hermano" is \eɾ.ˈma.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hermano" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list