hargneuse
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ɲøz\
The verdict
“hargneuse” is uncommon French (frequency #82,097 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,097
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de hargneux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hargneuse · hargneuse · French
hargneuse · rank #82,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,097
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Harlay
Nearest frequency peer: Harlay (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hargneuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- habitiez
habitiez
17,909 corpus weight
- Hain
Hain
17,908 corpus weight
- haltérophile
haltérophile
17,906 corpus weight
- hargneuse
hargneuse
17,904 corpus weight
- Harlay
Harlay
17,903 corpus weight
- Harrelson
Harrelson
17,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hargneuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hargneuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ɲøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hargneuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hargneuse is uncommon French at frequency #82,097 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ɲøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de hargneux.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hargneuse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hargneuse, spelled H-A-R-G-N-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de hargneux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hargneuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi, la hargneuse fille avait-elle voué une haine bleue au meurtrier de la queue de son chien.
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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