harceleur
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.lœʁ\
The verdict
“harceleur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,284
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui harcèle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harceleur · harceleur · French
harceleur · rank #33,284 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,284
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hamelin
Nearest frequency peer: Hamelin (-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 « harceleur »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- groupuscule
groupuscule
66,720 corpus weight
- gênants
gênants
66,719 corpus weight
- Hamelin
Hamelin
66,718 corpus weight
- harceleur
harceleur
66,717 corpus weight
- hispanique
hispanique
66,716 corpus weight
- hiérarchiqu…
hiérarchiques
66,715 corpus weight
What this shows « harceleur » 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 | harceleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harceleur »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around harceleur (IPA ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.sə.lœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,284 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui harcèle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for harceleur, with forms such as "ahrceleur", "hacreleur", and "harcceleur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "harcèle", "harceler", "harcelée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 harceleur, spelled H-A-R-C-E-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui harcèle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harceleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était un des modestes plaisirs du jeune Hindou d’étendre sa natte sur le sol préalablement balayé et nivelé, de s’y coucher, sans souci des moustiques et des autres insectes harceleurs.
À la fin de l’année, un garçon, harceleur mais bien vu des profs, m’attrape par le cou et me dit : « Nous, on a de la chance, on n’a pas besoin de violer, on a Ambre ». Il m’a fallu du temps pour me redire cette phrase terrible qui me fait penser : « Moi, je n’ai tellement pas la capacité de dire non que les mecs se disent “c’est open bar” ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrceleur
- hacreleur
- harcceleur
- harceelur
- harceleru
- harceleurr
- harcelleur
- harceluer
- harcleeur
- harecleur
- harrceleur
- hharceleur
- hraceleur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harceleur - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).