harki
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ki\
The verdict
“harki” is uncommon French (frequency #87,711 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,711
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux harkis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harki · harki · French
harki · rank #87,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH harfang
Nearest frequency peer: harfang (-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 « harki »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- haltère
haltère
12,293 corpus weight
- Hanane
Hanane
12,292 corpus weight
- harfang
harfang
12,291 corpus weight
- harki
harki
12,290 corpus weight
- harmonia
harmonia
12,289 corpus weight
- healing
healing
12,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harki » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harki |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ki\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harki » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harki is uncommon French at frequency #87,711 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.ki\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux harkis.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for harki, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is harki, spelled H-A-R-K-I.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux harkis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harki appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Samedi, dans un haut lieu de la mémoire harki, un ancien camp situé près de Perpignan, où furent regroupés, après la guerre d’Algérie, des harkis et leurs familles, le président devait déposer une gerbe, en compagnie notamment du ministre de la défense Gérard Longuet et de la secrétaire d’État à la jeunesse Jeanette Bougrab, elle-même fille de harkis.
Le lundi 18 août à dix-sept heures trente, l'otage est libéré après négociations entre le préfet du Lot-et-Garonne et des membres de la communauté harkie.
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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