hampes
^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\
The verdict
“hampes” is uncommon French (frequency #93,852 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,852
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hampe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hampes · hampes · French
hampes · rank #93,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,852
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haussmanniens
Nearest frequency peer: haussmanniens (+3 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 « hampes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gênerai
gênerai
6,154 corpus weight
- hage
hage
6,153 corpus weight
- hampes
hampes
6,149 corpus weight
- haussmannie…
haussmanniens
6,146 corpus weight
- Hautefeuille
Hautefeuille
6,145 corpus weight
- heille
heille
6,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hampes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hampes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #93,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hampes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hampes is uncommon French at frequency #93,852 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hampe.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hampes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hampes, spelled H-A-M-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hampe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hampes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les jardins et les dépendances de ce temple se sont installés d’inimaginables saltimbanques dont les banderoles noires, bariolées de lettres blanches, au bout de hampes gigantesques, flottent au vent comme des ornements de catafalque.
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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