Hanse
\ɑ̃s\
The verdict
“Hanse” is uncommon French (frequency #61,586 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,586
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guilde maritime germanique et balte, qui exista du XIIᵉ au XVIIᵉ siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hanse · Hanse · French
Hanse · rank #61,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,586
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hachées
Nearest frequency peer: hachées (-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 « Hanse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gunner
gunner
38,418 corpus weight
- guérira
guérira
38,417 corpus weight
- hachées
hachées
38,416 corpus weight
- Hanse
Hanse
38,415 corpus weight
- harpes
harpes
38,414 corpus weight
- haschich
haschich
38,413 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hanse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hanse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hanse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hanse is uncommon French at frequency #61,586 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Guilde maritime germanique et balte, qui exista du XIIᵉ au XVIIᵉ siècle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hanse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Hanse, spelled H-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Guilde maritime germanique et balte, qui exista du XIIᵉ au XVIIᵉ siècle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hanse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…, mais le succès de l’expansion latine, qui conduit au doublement de la superficie contrôlée, repose aussi sur la mobilité d’une fraction importante de l’aristocratie (…) et sur les intérêts commerciaux des républiques maritimes italiennes ou des villes libres d’Empire formant le noyau dur de la Hanse : ….
Synonyms
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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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