harlequins
\aʁ.lə.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“harlequins” is uncommon French (frequency #94,872 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,872
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de harlequin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harlequins · harlequins · French
harlequins · rank #94,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,872
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hammett
Nearest frequency peer: Hammett (-2 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 « harlequins »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hamer
Hamer
5,134 corpus weight
- Hammett
Hammett
5,131 corpus weight
- harlequins
harlequins
5,129 corpus weight
- harz
harz
5,127 corpus weight
- hasarder
hasarder
5,126 corpus weight
- Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff
5,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harlequins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harlequins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.lə.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harlequins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harlequins is uncommon French at frequency #94,872 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.lə.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de harlequin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for harlequins, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is harlequins, spelled H-A-R-L-E-Q-U-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de harlequin.
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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