harengs

^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\

/^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“harengs” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,696
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hareng.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harengs · harengs · French

harengs · rank #49,696 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,696
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hardouin

Nearest frequency peer: Hardouin (-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 « harengs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « harengs » 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).

harengs vs hareng
86% similar

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

Key facts for harengs
PropertyValue
Headwordharengs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,696
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harengs »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hardouin » (#49,695), « Hasselt » (#49,697), « harcelait » (#49,694). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « harengs » est au #49,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around harengs (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,696 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de hareng.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for harengs, with forms such as "ahrengs", "haerngs", and "haregns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hareng", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is harengs, spelled H-A-R-E-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de hareng.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si manger des harengs vous tente plus, Bryggen se trouve ici, sur la côte ouest.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrengs
  • haerngs
  • haregns
  • harenggs
  • harengss
  • harenngs
  • harensg
  • harnegs
  • harrengs
  • hharengs
  • hraengs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harengs - 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.

ahrengs2haerngs2haregns2harenggs1harengss1harenngs1harensg2harnegs2
Edit distance from "harengs"

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 "harengs"?
"harengs" is spelled H-A-R-E-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "harengs" mean?
As a noun, "harengs" means: Pluriel de hareng.
What words are commonly confused with "harengs"?
"harengs" is commonly confused with "hareng". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harengs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harengs" 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 "harengs" come from?
"harengs" 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 "harengs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hasselt#49,697groupée#49,690Houthis#49,709gorilla#49,682

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Hardouin11 variantsgrillons11 variantsImperium11 variantsinopinée11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list