harengère
^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
The verdict
“harengère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vendeuse de harengs et autres poissons au détail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harengere · harengère · French
harengère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harengère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harengère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harengère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for harengère in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is harengère, spelled H-A-R-E-N-G-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Vendeuse de harengs et autres poissons au détail.
- 2Femme criarde et mal embouchée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harengère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Harengères et crieurs faisaient assaut d’éloquence.
Image ambiguë, d’un côté jolie jeune femme charmante et séductrice et de l’autre harengère des Halles et vulgaire.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.