haka
^((h aspiré))\a.ka\
The verdict
“haka” is uncommon French (frequency #80,273 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,273
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danse chantée maorie de Nouvelle-Zélande exécutée lors de rituels ou de manifestations sportives, rendue notamment célèbre par l'équipe de rugby des All Blacks.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haka · haka · French
haka · rank #80,273 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,273
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hafiz
Nearest frequency peer: hafiz (-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 « haka »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- géorgiennes
géorgiennes
19,733 corpus weight
- gênaient
gênaient
19,732 corpus weight
- hafiz
hafiz
19,729 corpus weight
- haka
haka
19,728 corpus weight
- Harare
Harare
19,727 corpus weight
- Hefner
Hefner
19,724 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « haka » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haka |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.ka\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,273 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haka » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haka is uncommon French at frequency #80,273 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for haka in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is haka, spelled H-A-K-A.
Definition
- 1Danse chantée maorie de Nouvelle-Zélande exécutée lors de rituels ou de manifestations sportives, rendue notamment célèbre par l'équipe de rugby des All Blacks.
- 2Toute danse chantée rituelle du Pacifique Sud, même si en dehors de la Nouvelle-Zélande celle-ci porte d'autres noms : le cibi aux Fidji, le siva tau aux Samoa, le kailao aux Tonga.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans mon souvenir, la haka était un genre de danse un peu grotesque que font les joueurs de l’équipe néo-zélandaise avant le match. Du genre intimidation à la manière des grands singes
« Nous tirons notre force de notre cœur. Je vois dans les yeux des joueurs, pendant le haka, s’ils ont confiance ou pas », explique Maka. Samedi le haka a intérêt à être féroce face à des Boks résolus à accomplir leur objectif : gagner tous leurs matchs.
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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