harde
^((h aspiré))\aʁd\
The verdict
“harde” is an uncommon French word, ranked #89,785 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,785
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troupeau de bêtes, en particulier de ruminants sauvages. Ce terme est souvent utilisé en France pour évoquer un groupe de cervidés etc., mais selon les pays de multiples animaux rentrent dans le ch...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “harde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for harde is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\aʁd\. Corpus data places it at rank #89,785 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for harde, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is harde, spelled H-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Troupeau de bêtes, en particulier de ruminants sauvages. Ce terme est souvent utilisé en France pour évoquer un groupe de cervidés etc., mais selon les pays de multiples animaux rentrent dans le champ d’application du mot harde.
- 2Troupe d’oiseaux, le plus souvent de proie.
- 3Meute de chiens.
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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Using “harde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\aʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.