Harker
The verdict
“Harker” is uncommon French (frequency #86,781 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,781
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harker · Harker · French
Harker · rank #86,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,781
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haïssaient
Nearest frequency peer: haïssaient (+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 « Harker »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- harcelez
harcelez
13,223 corpus weight
- Haren
Haren
13,222 corpus weight
- Harker
Harker
13,220 corpus weight
- haïssaient
haïssaient
13,219 corpus weight
- heb
heb
13,218 corpus weight
- Herbin
Herbin
13,217 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Harker » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harker |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Harker » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Harker is uncommon French at frequency #86,781 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Harker, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Harker, spelled H-A-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Harker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Craig Harker ne voulait pas se contenter d’un simple gâteau au chocolat avec ses bougies dessus pour ses 36 ans.
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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