hâle
^((h aspiré))\ɑl\
The verdict
“hâle” is uncommon French (frequency #94,896 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,896
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effet produit par la lumière solaire sur la peau, qui, exposée nue à son influence et au grand air, prend une teinte brune et basanée
Corpus desk
Index FR-hale · hâle · French
hâle · rank #94,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,896
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperthyroïdie
Nearest frequency peer: hyperthyroïdie (-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 « hâle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hygin
Hygin
5,108 corpus weight
- hypercholes…
hypercholestérolémie
5,107 corpus weight
- hyperthyroï…
hyperthyroïdie
5,106 corpus weight
- hâle
hâle
5,105 corpus weight
- hélicoïdale
hélicoïdale
5,104 corpus weight
- hélix
hélix
5,103 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hâle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hâle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɑl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hâle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hâle is uncommon French at frequency #94,896 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɑl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hâle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hâle, spelled H-Â-L-E.
Definition
- 1Effet produit par la lumière solaire sur la peau, qui, exposée nue à son influence et au grand air, prend une teinte brune et basanée
- 2Effet produit par la lumière solaire sur les herbes des champs qui se flétrissent, sur la viande et le pain qui se dessèchent, etc.
- 3Cause qui produit cet effet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hâle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
jusqu’au [ 214 ] coude, le bras était d’un brun doré, comme vêtu de hâle.
[…] mais le soleil du Midi est brûlant ; le hâle ne va qu’aux brunes ; il donne à la peau des blondes certains tons de langouste cuite […]
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).