Hermione

/\ɛʁ.mjɔn\/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,581

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Hermione is aFrenchname. It means: Fille de Ménélas et d’Hélène. Pronounced \ɛʁ.mjɔn\. Often confused with hormone and hermite.

Key facts for Hermione
PropertyValue
HeadwordHermione
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɛʁ.mjɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,581
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Hermione in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Hermione is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛʁ.mjɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,581 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hermione, with forms such as "ehrmione", "hemrione", and "herimone". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hormone", "hermite", 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 French form is Hermione, spelled H-E-R-M-I-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fille de Ménélas et d’Hélène.
  2. 2
    121ᵉ astéroïde découvert en 1872 par James Craig Watson.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrmione,hemrione,herimone,herminoe,hermioen,hermionne,hermmione,hermoine,herrmione,hhermione,hremione

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hermione

Misspelling Variants of "Hermione"

ehrmione8hemrione8herimone8herminoe8hermioen8hermionne9hermmione9hermoine8
Misspelling Variants of "Hermione"

Frequency rank: #22,581 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hermione"?
"Hermione" is spelled H-E-R-M-I-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mjɔn\.
What does "Hermione" mean?
As a name, "Hermione" means: Fille de Ménélas et d’Hélène.
What words are commonly confused with "Hermione"?
"Hermione" is commonly confused with "hormone", "hermite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hermione"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hermione" is \ɛʁ.mjɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hermione" come from?
"Hermione" is a French 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.