Hank
The verdict
“Hank” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,571. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,571
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hank · Hank · French
Hank · rank #23,571 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,571
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH gémeaux
Nearest frequency peer: gémeaux (-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 « Hank »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gravir
gravir
76,433 corpus weight
- grillage
grillage
76,432 corpus weight
- gémeaux
gémeaux
76,431 corpus weight
- Hank
Hank
76,430 corpus weight
- hara
hara
76,429 corpus weight
- Henrik
Henrik
76,428 corpus weight
What this shows « Hank » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hank |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hank »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Hank, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,571 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hank, with forms such as "ahnk", "hakn", and "hankk". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hk", "has", "hon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Hank, spelled H-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hank appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2009, le journaliste Hank Albarelli pointe la responsabilité du service de renseignement américain.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahnk
- hakn
- hankk
- hannk
- hhank
- hnak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hank - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hank", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).