háček

\a.tʃɛk\

/\a.tʃɛk\/ noun

The verdict

“háček” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caron, signe diacritique créé au XVᵉ siècle par Jan Hus pour adapter l’alphabet latin aux spécificités phonéticolinguistiques de langues slaves comme le tchèque, le croate, le slovaque, etc. (où il...

Corpus desk

Index FR-hacek · háček · French

háček · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for háček
PropertyValue
Headwordháček
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tʃɛk\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « háček » en français

háčekn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

háček is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.tʃɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caron, signe diacritique créé au XVᵉ siècle par Jan Hus pour adapter l’alphabet latin aux spécificités phonéticolinguistiques de langues slaves comme le tchèque, le croate, le slovaque, etc. (où il...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for háček, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is háček, spelled H-Á-Č-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caron, signe diacritique créé au XVᵉ siècle par Jan Hus pour adapter l’alphabet latin aux spécificités phonéticolinguistiques de langues slaves comme le tchèque, le croate, le slovaque, etc. (où il indique la mouillure de la consonne), baltes comme le lituanien et le letton, ou pour la romanisation en pinyin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Malgré leur ressemblance, il ne faut pas confondre le háček, qui est pointu, avec la brève, qui est arrondie.
  2. À côté de celle qui utilise les symboles de l’Alphabet Phonétique International (API), notons aussi l’alphabet de Bourciez ou alphabet des romanistes […], caractérisé par l’usage de l’ogonek (‘petite queue’ en polonais), le point souscrit, le tréma et le háček (‘crochet’ en tchèque).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "háček"?
"háček" is spelled H-Á-Č-E-K. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʃɛk\.
What does "háček" mean?
As a noun, "háček" means: Caron, signe diacritique créé au XVᵉ siècle par Jan Hus pour adapter l’alphabet latin aux spécificités phonéticolinguistiques de langues slaves comme le tchèque, le croate, le slovaque, etc. (où il...
How do you pronounce "háček"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "háček" is \a.tʃɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "háček" come from?
"háček" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list