Hérode

Name: Hérode, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ.ʁɔd\

/\ɛ.ʁɔd\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Hérode” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,594
frequency rank, French: 1,969
“H” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-herode · Hérode · French

Hérode · rank #28,594 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,594
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 1,969
PHOTO-FINISH hypothécaire

Nearest frequency peer: hypothécaire (-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.

humanités

71,410
humblement

71,409
hypothécaire

71,408
Hérode

71,407
hêtre

71,406
idéalisme

71,405

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Hérode vs héros

50% similar

Hérode vs Hervé

33% similar

Hérode vs horde

50% similar

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

Key facts for Hérode
Property	Value
Headword	Hérode
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\ɛ.ʁɔd\
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#28,594
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hérode »

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

#28,594

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hypothécaire » (#28,593), « hêtre » (#28,595), « humblement » (#28,592). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hérode » est au #28,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hérode (IPA \ɛ.ʁɔd\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,594 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de plusieurs rois de Judée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hérode, with forms such as "herode", "hhérode", and "hréode". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "héros", "Hervé", "horde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hérode, spelled H-É-R-O-D-E.

Definition

1
Nom de plusieurs rois de Judée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Pourtant, avant de rentrer à Alexandrie, il lui faut encore aller à Damas, à Jérusalem et aussi à Gaza, et enfin à Jéricho ! Il lui faut, elle reine d'Égypte, rencontrer Hérode.
C’est au cours de cette guerre que les légions de Titus ont détruit Jérusalem et le temple d’Hérode avant d’exterminer la dernière poche de résistance juive dans la place forte de Massada…

This word in other languages

Herod(English)Herodes(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

herode
hhérode
hréode
héorde
hérdoe
hérodde
héroed
hérrode
éhrode

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hérode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Hérode"

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 "Hérode"?

"Hérode" is spelled H-É-R-O-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ʁɔd\.

What does "Hérode" mean?

As a proper noun, "Hérode" means: Nom de plusieurs rois de Judée.

What words are commonly confused with "Hérode"?

"Hérode" is commonly confused with "héros", "Hervé", "horde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Hérode"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hérode" is \ɛ.ʁɔd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Hérode" come from?

"Hérode" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hérode", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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