hareng

^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\

/^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“hareng” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,877
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson de la famille des clupéidés d’à peu près 25 cm de long, au corps fin et pourvu d’une petite bouche, au corps bleuté sur le dessus et argenté en-dessous, qui ne se pêche que dans l’océan et ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-hareng · hareng · French

hareng · rank #36,877 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,877
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hare

Nearest frequency peer: hare (-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 « hareng »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hareng » 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).

hareng vs haven
67% similar
hareng vs hargne
67% similar
hareng vs having
67% similar

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

Key facts for hareng
PropertyValue
Headwordhareng
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,877
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hareng »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).harengse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hare » (#36,876), « hargne » (#36,878), « halluciné » (#36,875). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hareng » est au #36,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hareng (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,877 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hareng, with forms such as "ahreng", "haerng", and "haregn". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "haven", "hargne", "having", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hareng, spelled H-A-R-E-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson de la famille des clupéidés d’à peu près 25 cm de long, au corps fin et pourvu d’une petite bouche, au corps bleuté sur le dessus et argenté en-dessous, qui ne se pêche que dans l’océan et en certaines saisons de l’année, où il arrive par bancs.
  2. 2
    Proxénète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s'adressa au cuistot : — Je prends un guéridon, tu m'enverras des filets d’harengs pour commencer, une double saucisse-frites, un calendo, un kil, et que ça saute.
  2. « Au temps de Littré », le hareng, blanc, pec, saur, bouffi, boussard, était le frugal festin des humbles et (proverbe) « l’on vendait au marché plus de harengs que de soles ».

Synonyms

brailléClupea harengusmacmaquereausouteneur

This word in other languages

herring(English)arenque(Español)Hering(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahreng
  • haerng
  • haregn
  • harengg
  • harenng
  • harneg
  • harreng
  • hhareng
  • hraeng

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hareng - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahreng2haerng2haregn2harengg1harenng1harneg2harreng1hhareng1
Edit distance from "hareng"

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 "hareng"?
"hareng" is spelled H-A-R-E-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "hareng" mean?
As a noun, "hareng" means: Poisson de la famille des clupéidés d’à peu près 25 cm de long, au corps fin et pourvu d’une petite bouche, au corps bleuté sur le dessus et argenté en-dessous, qui ne se pêche que dans l’océan et ...
What words are commonly confused with "hareng"?
"hareng" is commonly confused with "haven", "hargne", "having". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hareng"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hareng" is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hareng" come from?
"hareng" 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hargne#36,878Hentai#36,880hadith#36,873gosier#36,865

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

glaçon9 variantsfouillée9 variantsisthme9 variantsjingle9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list