hermès

\ɛʁ.mɛs\

/\ɛʁ.mɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“hermès” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,971
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pilier portant une tête de Hermès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hermes · hermès · French

hermès · rank #17,971 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,971
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hanna

Nearest frequency peer: Hanna (-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 « hermès »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hermès » 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).

hermès vs héros
50% similar
hermès vs Hervé
33% similar
hermès vs homes
50% similar

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

Key facts for hermès
PropertyValue
Headwordhermès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛʁ.mɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,971
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hermès »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hermèsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hanna » (#17,970), « Hughes » (#17,972), « graduellement » (#17,969). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hermès » est au #17,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hermès (IPA \ɛʁ.mɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,971 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pilier portant une tête de Hermès.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hermès, with forms such as "ehrmès", "hemrès", and "hermes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "héros", "Hervé", "homes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hermès, spelled H-E-R-M-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pilier portant une tête de Hermès.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les anciens plaçaient des hermès dans les carrefours.

This word in other languages

herm(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrmès
  • hemrès
  • hermes
  • hermmès
  • hermsè
  • hermèss
  • herrmès
  • herèms
  • hhermès
  • hremès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hermès - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ehrmès2hemrès2hermes1hermmès1hermsè2hermèss1herrmès1herèms2
Edit distance from "hermès"

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 "hermès"?
"hermès" is spelled H-E-R-M-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mɛs\.
What does "hermès" mean?
As a noun, "hermès" means: Pilier portant une tête de Hermès.
What words are commonly confused with "hermès"?
"hermès" is commonly confused with "héros", "Hervé", "homes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hermès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hermès" is \ɛʁ.mɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hermès" come from?
"hermès" 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 "hermès", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Hughes#17,972fondue#17,956Loiret#17,993embête#17,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

flingue10 variantsMahmoud10 variantsentrera10 variantsmurmure10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list