Herd

noun

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The verdict

“Herd” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,388 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,388
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fogão

Corpus desk

Index PT-herd · Herd · Portuguese

Herd · rank #87,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,388
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hiperespaço

Nearest frequency peer: hiperespaço (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Herd”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Herd” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Herd
PropertyValue
HeadwordHerd
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,388
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Herd” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Herdcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hiperespaço” (#87,391), “hava” (#87,381), “horizontalidade” (#87,395). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “Herd” fica em #87,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Herd is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,388 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Herd doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Herd, spelled H-E-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    fogão
  2. 2
    centro, foco, origem

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auf dem Herd Essen kochen
  2. Der Herd des Erdbebens

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Herd"?
"Herd" is spelled H-E-R-D.
What does "Herd" mean?
As a noun, "Herd" means: fogão
What language does "Herd" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hava#87,381Haut#87,380gull#87,374unum#87,798

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list