Harcourt

\aʁ.kuʁ\

/\aʁ.kuʁ\/ name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Harcourt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,636
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harcourt · Harcourt · French

Harcourt · rank #30,636 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,636
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH guyot

Nearest frequency peer: guyot (-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 « Harcourt »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Harcourt » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Harcourt vs harbour
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Harcourt
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarcourt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\aʁ.kuʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,636
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Harcourt »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Harcourtse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « guyot » (#30,635), « harem » (#30,637), « guetta » (#30,634). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Harcourt » est au #30,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Harcourt (IPA \aʁ.kuʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,636 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harcourt, with forms such as "ahrcourt", "hacrourt", and "harccourt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "harbour", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Harcourt, spelled H-A-R-C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Harcourt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce n’est pas tout, on vous invite aussi à « visiter » des fonds consacrés à des photographes (André Kertész, Sam Lévin, Brassaï, Studio Harcourt…).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrcourt
  • hacrourt
  • harccourt
  • harcorut
  • harcourrt
  • harcourtt
  • harcoutr
  • harcuort
  • harocurt
  • harrcourt
  • hharcourt
  • hracourt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Harcourt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahrcourt2hacrourt2harccourt1harcorut2harcourrt1harcourtt1harcoutr2harcuort2
Edit distance from "Harcourt"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Harcourt"?
"Harcourt" is spelled H-A-R-C-O-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.kuʁ\.
What does "Harcourt" mean?
As a proper noun, "Harcourt" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Harcourt"?
"Harcourt" is commonly confused with "harbour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Harcourt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harcourt" is \aʁ.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harcourt" come from?
"Harcourt" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Harcourt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Guerrero#30,633Humphrey#30,641Godzilla#30,629hésitait#30,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

glacière12 variantsinformez12 variantsfeignant12 variantsfainéant12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list