harmonie

Name: harmonie, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\

/^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“harmonie” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,199 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#6,199
frequency rank, French: 8
letters: 11
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Concours et accord de divers sons.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

harmonie vs hormone

75% similar

harmonie vs harmony

75% similar

harmonie vs harmonies

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for harmonie
Property	Value
Headword	harmonie
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#6,199
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “harmonie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). harmonie lands here:

#6,199

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for harmonie is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,199 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for harmonie, with forms such as "ahrmonie", "hamronie", and "harmmonie". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hormone", "harmony", "harmonies", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is harmonie, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-E.

Definition

1
Concours et accord de divers sons.
2
Succession d’accords, par opposition à la mélodie.
3
Ensemble d’instruments à vent.
4
Compagnie de musiciens concertants.
5
Son net, doux ou agréable.
6
Concours de sons, de mots qui flattent l’oreille ; nombre, cadence.
7
Accord parfait et une entière correspondance de plusieurs parties qui forment un tout, ou qui concourent à une même fin.
8
Concorde, en parlant des personnes.
9
Articulation dans laquelle les os sont liés ensemble par des dentelures presque imperceptibles. Cette articulation se remarque surtout à un des os de la face.

Synonyms

accordassonnanceconcordance concorde entente paix

Antonyms

désharmonie disharmonie dysharmonie inharmonie désaccord cacophonie

This word in other languages

harmony(English)armonía(Español)Harmonie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahrmonie,hamronie,harmmonie,harmnoie,harmoine,harmonei,harmonnie,haromnie,harrmonie,hharmonie,hramonie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harmonie - 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.

Edit distance from "harmonie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harmonie"?

"harmonie" is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\.

What does "harmonie" mean?

As a noun, "harmonie" means: Concours et accord de divers sons.

What words are commonly confused with "harmonie"?

"harmonie" is commonly confused with "hormone", "harmony", "harmonies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "harmonie"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmonie" is ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "harmonie" come from?

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Using “harmonie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is H-A-R-M-O-N-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “hormone” - see the side-by-side comparison. harmonie vs hormone
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.