hagard
^((h aspiré))\a.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“hagard” is uncommon French (frequency #65,204 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,204
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un oiseau de proie qui a été pris, après plus d’une mue, hors du nid et qu’on a de la peine à apprivoiser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hagard · hagard · French
hagard · rank #65,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,204
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haoussa
Nearest frequency peer: haoussa (+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 « hagard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Guesde
Guesde
34,801 corpus weight
- guépards
guépards
34,800 corpus weight
- gérons
gérons
34,799 corpus weight
- hagard
hagard
34,797 corpus weight
- haoussa
haoussa
34,796 corpus weight
- happen
happen
34,795 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hagard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hagard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hagard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hagard is uncommon French at frequency #65,204 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.ɡaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for hagard in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hagard, spelled H-A-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un oiseau de proie qui a été pris, après plus d’une mue, hors du nid et qu’on a de la peine à apprivoiser.
- 2Qui a une expression égarée, éperdue.
- 3Dont l'aspect a quelque chose d'étrange, d'un peu fou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hagard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le colonel Montagu, le naturaliste, parle d'un cormoran sauvage qu'il apprivoisa ; et puisque les fauconniers se servent des faucons hagards, pourquoi ne pourrait-on pas aussi apprivoiser des cormorans hagards ?
Les faucons, suivant leur âge, sont niais, branchiers, sors ou hagards. On désigne sous le premier de ces noms des oiseaux pris dans l’aire. Le duvet de la première enfance recouvre encore leur tête, mais leurs membres sont déjà emplumés. S’ils ont quitté l’aire et commencent à voleter sur les branches à la suite de leur mère qui est encore obligée de pou…
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.
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