Hernández
\ɛʁ.nɑ̃.dɛz\
The verdict
“Hernández” is uncommon French (frequency #86,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,785
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille espagnole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hernandez · Hernández · French
Hernández · rank #86,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,785
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Herbin
Nearest frequency peer: Herbin (-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 « Hernández »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- haïssaient
haïssaient
13,219 corpus weight
- heb
heb
13,218 corpus weight
- Herbin
Herbin
13,217 corpus weight
- Hernández
Hernández
13,216 corpus weight
- heurtées
heurtées
13,214 corpus weight
- hie
hie
13,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hernández » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hernández |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.nɑ̃.dɛz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hernández » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hernández is uncommon French at frequency #86,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛʁ.nɑ̃.dɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille espagnole.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hernández, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Hernández, spelled H-E-R-N-Á-N-D-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille espagnole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hernández appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Les Mexicaines qui se chargent des tâches domestiques, rémunérées ou non, sont le groupe social le plus touché », explique Héctor Hernández Bringas, sociologue à l’université autonome du Mexique (UNAM).
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.
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