Hades
\ˈhaːdɛs\
The verdict
“Hades” is uncommon French (frequency #75,748 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,748
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hadès (dieu).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hades · Hades · French
Hades · rank #75,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,748
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hajime
Nearest frequency peer: hajime (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Hades”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gwendal
Gwendal
24,257 corpus weight
- géolocaliser
géolocaliser
24,256 corpus weight
- Hades
Hades
24,253 corpus weight
- hajime
hajime
24,251 corpus weight
- halen
halen
24,250 corpus weight
- Halluin
Halluin
24,249 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Hades” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈhaːdɛs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Hades” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
Hades is uncommon French at frequency #75,748 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈhaːdɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hades, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Hades, spelled H-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Hadès (dieu).
- 2Hadès (lieu).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hades ist ein Bruder des Zeus.
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.
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