haridelle
^((h aspiré))\a.ʁi.dɛl\
The verdict
“haridelle” 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) - Mauvais cheval maigre et efflanqué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haridelle · haridelle · French
haridelle · 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 | haridelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁi.dɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
haridelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁi.dɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for haridelle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is haridelle, spelled H-A-R-I-D-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvais cheval maigre et efflanqué.
- 2Femme grande, sèche et maigre, dont l’extérieur est désagréable à voir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haridelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cependant, Mousqueton continuait sa route, et, traversant le Pont-Neuf, toujours chassant devant lui ses deux haridelles, il atteignit la rue aux Ours.
À peine le charretier, jurant et indigné, avait-il eu le temps de prononcer avec l’énergie convenable le mot sacramentel : mâtin ! appuyé d'un implacable coup de fouet, que la haridelle était tombée pour ne plus se relever.
This word in other languages
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.