háček
\a.tʃɛk\
The verdict
“háček” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | háček |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tʃɛk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “háček” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for háček is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.tʃɛk\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Caron, 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.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is H-Á-Č-E-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.tʃɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.