hacienda

\a.sjɛn.da\

/\a.sjɛn.da\/ noun

The verdict

“hacienda” is uncommon French (frequency #50,875 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,875
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande exploitation agricole d’Amérique du Sud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hacienda · hacienda · French

hacienda · rank #50,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,875
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hachoir

Nearest frequency peer: hachoir (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hacienda »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hacienda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hacienda
PropertyValue
Headwordhacienda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sjɛn.da\
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,875
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hacienda » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).haciendatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hachoir » (#50,874), « Göteborg » (#50,873), « halage » (#50,877). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hacienda » est au #50,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hacienda is uncommon French at frequency #50,875 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sjɛn.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande exploitation agricole d’Amérique du Sud.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hacienda, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hacienda, spelled H-A-C-I-E-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande exploitation agricole d’Amérique du Sud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cet éden est l’hacienda del Milagro. Au moment où se passe notre histoire, cette hacienda, l’une des plus riches et des plus vastes de la province, se composait d’un corps de logis élevé de deux étages, ….

Synonyms

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hacienda"?
"hacienda" is spelled H-A-C-I-E-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sjɛn.da\.
What does "hacienda" mean?
As a noun, "hacienda" means: Grande exploitation agricole d’Amérique du Sud.
How do you pronounce "hacienda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hacienda" is \a.sjɛn.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hacienda" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list