haleine

\a.lɛn\

/\a.lɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“haleine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,596
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffle de la respiration, air attiré et repoussé par les poumons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haleine · haleine · French

haleine · rank #11,596 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,596
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouvernementa…

Nearest frequency peer: gouvernementales (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « haleine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « haleine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

haleine vs Hélène
43% similar
haleine vs haine
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for haleine
PropertyValue
Headwordhaleine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,596
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haleine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).haleinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gouvernementales » (#11,595), « here » (#11,597), « glissé » (#11,594). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haleine » est au #11,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around haleine (IPA \a.lɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,596 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for haleine, with forms such as "ahleine", "haeline", and "haleien". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Hélène", "haine", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is haleine, spelled H-A-L-E-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souffle de la respiration, air attiré et repoussé par les poumons.
  2. 2
    Faculté d’être un certain temps sans respirer.
  3. 3
    Faculté de respirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how haleine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les cheveux d’Héléna avaient presque touché les siens, leurs haleines s’étaient confondues, c’était la première fois qu’il aspirait le souffle d’une femme.
  2. La leveuse de coude devait se doper en avalant des petits blancs dès le matin. Elle était portée sur la bouteille, vue ses pommettes couperosées et son haleine fétide sentant la piquette.

Synonyms

souffle

This word in other languages

breath(English)aliento(Español)Atem(Deutsch)sopro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahleine
  • haeline
  • haleien
  • haleinne
  • halenie
  • haliene
  • halleine
  • hhaleine
  • hlaeine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haleine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahleine2haeline2haleien2haleinne1halenie2haliene2halleine1hhaleine1
Edit distance from "haleine"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "haleine"?
"haleine" is spelled H-A-L-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛn\.
What does "haleine" mean?
As a noun, "haleine" means: Souffle de la respiration, air attiré et repoussé par les poumons.
What words are commonly confused with "haleine"?
"haleine" is commonly confused with "Hélène", "haine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "haleine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haleine" is \a.lɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haleine" come from?
"haleine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haleine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list