harmonique

\aʁ.mɔ.nik\

/\aʁ.mɔ.nik\/ adj

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The verdict

“harmonique” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,834
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à l’harmonie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harmonique · harmonique · French

harmonique · rank #27,834 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,834
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hegel

Nearest frequency peer: Hegel (+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 « harmonique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « harmonique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

harmonique vs harmoniques
91% similar
harmonique vs harmonie
80% similar
harmonique vs harmonieux
80% similar

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

Key facts for harmonique
PropertyValue
Headwordharmonique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\aʁ.mɔ.nik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,834
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harmonique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).harmoniquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hegel » (#27,835), « géopolitiques » (#27,832), « hivernal » (#27,836). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « harmonique » est au #27,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around harmonique (IPA \aʁ.mɔ.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,834 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for harmonique, with forms such as "ahrmonique", "hamronique", and "harmmonique". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "harmoniques", "harmonie", "harmonieux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is harmonique, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à l’harmonie.
  2. 2
    En acoustique, un partiel harmonique est une composante d’un son périodique, dont la fréquence est un multiple entier d'une fréquence fondamentale.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une addition dont les différents éléments, possiblement hétéroclites, forment in fine une unité cohérente.
  4. 4
    Trois nombres sont en proportion harmonique quand le quotient entre le premier et le second est égal au quotient entre le second et le troisième.
  5. 5
    Quatre points distincts alignés A, B, C, D sont en division harmonique si et seulement si (◌̅CA)/(◌̅CB)=-(◌̅DA)/(◌̅DB).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how harmonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si on appelle « ƒ » la fréquence fondamentale, les partiels harmoniques ont des fréquences égales à : ƒ, 2ƒ, 3ƒ, 4ƒ, 5ƒ, etc.
  2. Sons harmoniques concomitants.

Synonyms

aliquotesconsonantharmonieuxmélodieuxmélodique

Antonyms

inharmonie

This word in other languages

harmonic(English)armónico(Español)harmonisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrmonique
  • hamronique
  • harmmonique
  • harmnoique
  • harmoinque
  • harmoniqeu
  • harmoniqque
  • harmoniuqe
  • harmonnique
  • harmonqiue
  • haromnique
  • harrmonique
  • hharmonique
  • hramonique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harmonique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahrmonique2hamronique2harmmonique1harmnoique2harmoinque2harmoniqeu2harmoniqque1harmoniuqe2
Edit distance from "harmonique"

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 "harmonique"?
"harmonique" is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.mɔ.nik\.
What does "harmonique" mean?
As an adjective, "harmonique" means: Qui a rapport à l’harmonie.
What words are commonly confused with "harmonique"?
"harmonique" is commonly confused with "harmoniques", "harmonie", "harmonieux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harmonique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmonique" is \aʁ.mɔ.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harmonique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "harmonique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

incarnent14 variantsgagnantes14 variantsintervienne14 variantsdégénérer14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list