harangue
/həˈɹæŋ/
"harangue" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“harangue” is uncommon English (frequency #87,352 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,352
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
Corpus desk
Index EN-harangue · harangue · English
harangue · rank #87,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,352
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hairball
Nearest frequency peer: hairball (-3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “harangue”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GWR
GWR
12,656 corpus weight
- gyal
gyal
12,655 corpus weight
- hairball
hairball
12,652 corpus weight
- harangue
harangue
12,649 corpus weight
- harking
harking
12,646 corpus weight
- heartworm
heartworm
12,643 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “harangue” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harangue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /həˈɹæŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “harangue” in English
Rare enough to double-check
harangue is uncommon English at frequency #87,352 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /həˈɹæŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for harangue in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, a… The correct English form is harangue, spelled H-A-R-A-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
- 2A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harangue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Etymology
From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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