Harlay
The verdict
“Harlay” is uncommon French (frequency #82,098 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,098
- 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-harlay · Harlay · French
Harlay · rank #82,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,098
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hargneuse
Nearest frequency peer: hargneuse (-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 « Harlay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- Hermel
Hermel
17,899 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Harlay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harlay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Harlay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Harlay is uncommon French at frequency #82,098 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Harlay doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Harlay, spelled H-A-R-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Harlay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il contourne le fief de la cour d’assises, dépasse le majestueux vestibule de Harlay, s’engage dans le couloir de la troisième chambre de la cour d’appel, franchit dans la foulée la porte vitrée qui donne sur l’escalier vieillot de la P.J., et commence son ascension.
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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