harmonise

^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\

/^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\/ verb

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The verdict

“harmonise” is uncommon French (frequency #63,814 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,814
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de harmoniser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harmonise · harmonise · French

harmonise · rank #63,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,814
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH harangue

Nearest frequency peer: harangue (-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 « harmonise »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harmonise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for harmonise
PropertyValue
Headwordharmonise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,814
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « harmonise » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).harmonisetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « harangue » (#63,813), « heer » (#63,815), « hallucinantes » (#63,812). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « harmonise » est au #63,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harmonise is uncommon French at frequency #63,814 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

harmonise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is harmonise, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de harmoniser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de harmoniser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de harmoniser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de harmoniser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de harmoniser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il harmonise et surharmonise de l’information.

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 "harmonise"?
"harmonise" is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\.
What does "harmonise" mean?
As a verb, "harmonise" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de harmoniser.
How do you pronounce "harmonise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmonise" is ^((h muet))\aʁ.mɔ.niz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harmonise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guyanaise#63,809hydratant#63,821hydriques#63,822hédoniste#63,825

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list