harmonica
^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni.ka\
The verdict
“harmonica” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,558
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de musique composé de cloches ou de verres, de différents timbres, qu’on fait résonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harmonica · harmonica · French
harmonica · rank #34,558 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,558
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hameçon
Nearest frequency peer: hameçon (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « harmonica »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Hagen
Hagen
65,446 corpus weight
- haineuse
haineuse
65,445 corpus weight
- hameçon
hameçon
65,444 corpus weight
- harmonica
harmonica
65,443 corpus weight
- Hartmann
Hartmann
65,442 corpus weight
- highway
highway
65,441 corpus weight
What this shows « harmonica » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harmonica |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni.ka\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harmonica »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around harmonica (IPA ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni.ka\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,558 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for harmonica, with forms such as "ahrmonica", "hamronica", and "harmmonica". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "harmonie", "harmonies", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is harmonica, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Instrument de musique composé de cloches ou de verres, de différents timbres, qu’on fait résonner.
- 2Instrument à touches où le verre remplace les cordes de métal.
- 3Instrument de musique à bouche comportant des anches métalliques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harmonica appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout préparer pour votre coucher, maman, répondit Modeste d’une voix aussi pure que le son d’un harmonica.
Nous entendions tinter dans le lointain, comme des notes d’harmonica, les sonnettes des ânes partis en avant avec nos bagages, ou quelque mozo de mulas chanter des couplets d’amour avec ce son guttural et ces portements de voix toujours si poétiques, la nuit, dans les montagnes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrmonica
- hamronica
- harmmonica
- harmnoica
- harmoinca
- harmoncia
- harmoniac
- harmonicca
- harmonnica
- haromnica
- harrmonica
- hharmonica
- hramonica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harmonica - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).