harm
\hɑ:m\
The verdict
“harm” is uncommon French (frequency #67,573 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,573
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harm · harm · French
harm · rank #67,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,573
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH halogènes
Nearest frequency peer: halogènes (-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 « harm »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- haase
haase
32,432 corpus weight
- hallucinogè…
hallucinogène
32,430 corpus weight
- halogènes
halogènes
32,429 corpus weight
- harm
harm
32,428 corpus weight
- harnois
harnois
32,427 corpus weight
- henson
henson
32,426 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harm » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harm |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɑ:m\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harm » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harm is uncommon French at frequency #67,573 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɑ:m\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for harm, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is harm, spelled H-A-R-M.
Definition
- 1Mal.
- 2Tort.
- 3Préjudice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The house didn't suffer any harm from the storm.
The first duty of a doctor is to do no harm.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).