hardes
^((h aspiré))\aʁd\
The verdict
“hardes” is uncommon French (frequency #89,786 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,786
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effets personnels, vêtements qu’on emporte lors d’un voyage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hardes · hardes · French
hardes · rank #89,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,786
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH harde
Nearest frequency peer: harde (-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 « hardes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hairy
hairy
10,220 corpus weight
- Hajar
Hajar
10,219 corpus weight
- happe
happe
10,217 corpus weight
- harde
harde
10,216 corpus weight
- hardes
hardes
10,215 corpus weight
- Haywood
Haywood
10,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hardes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hardes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hardes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hardes is uncommon French at frequency #89,786 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hardes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hardes, spelled H-A-R-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Effets personnels, vêtements qu’on emporte lors d’un voyage.
- 2Vêtements misérables, usagés.
- 3Choses mal préparées, ouvrages mal ficelés.
- 4Vêtements.
- 5Vêtements de travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hardes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeanne, aidée de tante Lison, passa tout le jour à ranger les hardes dans la petite commode.
Quand les derniers sous que lui avait laissés Abd-el-Kader furent épuisés, Yasmina fit un paquet de ses hardes et rendit la clé au propriétaire de la maison.
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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