haggis
^((h aspiré))\a.gis\
The verdict
“haggis” is uncommon French (frequency #70,698 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,698
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Panse de brebis farcie (plat national écossais).
Corpus desk
Index FR-haggis · haggis · French
haggis · rank #70,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,698
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hager
Nearest frequency peer: hager (-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 « haggis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- géostationn…
géostationnaire
29,307 corpus weight
- Haenel
Haenel
29,305 corpus weight
- hager
hager
29,304 corpus weight
- haggis
haggis
29,303 corpus weight
- hamada
hamada
29,302 corpus weight
- Hammadi
Hammadi
29,301 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « haggis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haggis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.gis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haggis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haggis is uncommon French at frequency #70,698 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.gis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Panse de brebis farcie (plat national écossais).".
haggis has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is haggis, spelled H-A-G-G-I-S.
Definition
- 1Panse de brebis farcie (plat national écossais).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haggis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oubliez tous vos a priori sur les cafètes de musées, l'Amber Restaurant de la Scotch Whisky Experience est une véritable table écossaise qui met en avant la tradition nationale et cuisine un excellent haggis.
Dans la même lignée, à Édimbourg, en Écosse, l’écureuil est au menu depuis maintenant 2008 au restaurant Wedgwood, où il est servi en revisite du haggis, un plat traditionnel écossais.
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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