halée
^((h aspiré))\a.le\
The verdict
“halée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de haler quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-halee · halée · French
halée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | halée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.le\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « halée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
halée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de haler quelque chose.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for halée, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is halée, spelled H-A-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Action de haler quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how halée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous tirions à huit ou dix hommes sur la corde et l’arbre tombait à la deuxième ou troisième halée, quand tout allait bien, c’est-à-dire quand nous jugions que la cadence d’abatage nous permettait de jouir largement du repos qui nous était toléré entre chaque effort.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.