harmony

\ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\

/\ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\/ noun

The verdict

“harmony” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,984
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Harmonie, accord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harmony · harmony · French

harmony · rank #28,984 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,984
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harding

Nearest frequency peer: Harding (-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 « harmony »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « harmony » 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).

harmony vs harpon
71% similar
harmony vs hormone
71% similar
harmony vs Hamon
57% similar

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

Key facts for harmony
PropertyValue
Headwordharmony
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,984
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « harmony »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).harmonyse 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 « Harding » (#28,983), « heritage » (#28,985), « hamza » (#28,982). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « harmony » est au #28,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around harmony (IPA \ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,984 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for harmony, with forms such as "ahrmony", "hamrony", and "harmmony". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "harpon", "hormone", "Hamon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is harmony, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Harmonie, accord.
  2. 2
    Harmonie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gartside's aim was to illustrate the harmonies and contrasting hues of primary and secondary colors in a more organic, and perhaps less scientifically far-fetched, manner than the schematic color wheels of its famous forefathers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrmony
  • hamrony
  • harmmony
  • harmnoy
  • harmonny
  • harmonyy
  • harmoyn
  • haromny
  • harrmony
  • hharmony
  • hramony

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harmony - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahrmony2hamrony2harmmony1harmnoy2harmonny1harmonyy1harmoyn2haromny2
Edit distance from "harmony"

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 "harmony"?
"harmony" is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\.
What does "harmony" mean?
As a noun, "harmony" means: Harmonie, accord.
What words are commonly confused with "harmony"?
"harmony" is commonly confused with "harpon", "hormone", "Hamon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harmony"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmony" is \ˈhɑː(ɹ).mə.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harmony" come from?
"harmony" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list