harem

^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\

/^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“harem” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,637
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gynécée chez les musulmans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harem · harem · French

harem · rank #30,637 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,637
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harcourt

Nearest frequency peer: Harcourt (-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 « harem »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « harem » 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).

harem vs hem
60% similar
harem vs have
60% similar
harem vs here
60% similar

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

Key facts for harem
PropertyValue
Headwordharem
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,637
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harem »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.haremse 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 « Harcourt » (#30,636), « hautain » (#30,638), « guyot » (#30,635). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « harem » est au #30,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around harem (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,637 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for harem, with forms such as "ahrem", "haerm", and "haremm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hem", "have", "here", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is harem, spelled H-A-R-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gynécée chez les musulmans.
  2. 2
    Réunion des femmes qui habitent un harem.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des prostituées exploitées par un même proxénète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce jardin même, tout rempli qu’il est de plantes précieuses et d’arbres curieux transplantés des climats de l’Orient, conviendrait mieux au harem d’un émir infidèle qu’à un couvent […].
  2. Le Sultan n’a emmené en campagne qu’une trentaine de femmes de son harem.

This word in other languages

harem(English)harén(Español)Harem(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrem
  • haerm
  • haremm
  • harme
  • harrem
  • hharem
  • hraem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahrem2haerm2haremm1harme2harrem1hharem1hraem2
Edit distance from "harem"

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 "harem"?
"harem" is spelled H-A-R-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\.
What does "harem" mean?
As a noun, "harem" means: Gynécée chez les musulmans.
What words are commonly confused with "harem"?
"harem" is commonly confused with "hem", "have", "here". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harem" is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harem" come from?
"harem" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guyot#30,635impur#30,648fuyez#30,620flous#30,613

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

flirte7 variantsferma7 variantsfalse7 variantsItaly7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list