hallu
^((h muet))\a.ly\
The verdict
“hallu” is uncommon French (frequency #92,813 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,813
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hallucination.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hallu · hallu · French
hallu · rank #92,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,813
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hagards
Nearest frequency peer: hagards (-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 « hallu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- géhenne
géhenne
7,192 corpus weight
- géminées
géminées
7,191 corpus weight
- géothermiqu…
géothermiques
7,190 corpus weight
- hagards
hagards
7,189 corpus weight
- hallu
hallu
7,188 corpus weight
- hanneton
hanneton
7,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hallu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hallu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\a.ly\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hallu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hallu is uncommon French at frequency #92,813 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h muet))\a.ly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hallucination.".
hallu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hallu, spelled H-A-L-L-U.
Definition
- 1Hallucination.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hallu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moi je leur dis je sais pas – là tout de suite je suis en train de remonter – c'est un peu des bulles partout – et puis je le sais moi que c'est une hallu au LSD que je suis en train de faire – qu'on peut pas respirer sous l'eau.
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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