hardis
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.di\
The verdict
“hardis” is uncommon French (frequency #83,013 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,013
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de hardi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hardis · hardis · French
hardis · rank #83,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,013
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 109,908
- PHOTO-FINISH Hanne
Nearest frequency peer: Hanne (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hardis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hallucinato…
hallucinatoire
16,991 corpus weight
- handicapante
handicapante
16,990 corpus weight
- Hanne
Hanne
16,989 corpus weight
- hardis
hardis
16,988 corpus weight
- haussent
haussent
16,987 corpus weight
- Havraise
Havraise
16,986 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hardis” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hardis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.di\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hardis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hardis is uncommon French at frequency #83,013 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de hardi.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hardis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hardis, spelled H-A-R-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de hardi.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.