Haroun

\a.ʁun\

/\a.ʁun\/ name

The verdict

“Haroun” is uncommon French (frequency #52,730 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,730
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom arabe masculin

Corpus desk

Index FR-haroun · Haroun · French

Haroun · rank #52,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,730
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haussa

Nearest frequency peer: haussa (+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 « Haroun »

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 « Haroun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Haroun
PropertyValue
HeadwordHaroun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.ʁun\
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Haroun » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Harountombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « haussa » (#52,731), « Götze » (#52,728), « haussant » (#52,732). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Haroun » est au #52,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Haroun is uncommon French at frequency #52,730 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ʁun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom arabe masculin".

Zero misspellings are on record for Haroun in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Haroun, spelled H-A-R-O-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom arabe masculin

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’est qu’en 1712 que parurent les deux tomes suivants, qui renferment l’« Histoire d’Aladin », immensément célèbre aujourd’hui, et « Les aventures du calife Haroun al-Rachid », un personnage emblématique du recueil.
  2. Un autre Cheykh Al-Jabal est apparu, répondant au nom de Haroun Al-Assad…

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 "Haroun"?
"Haroun" is spelled H-A-R-O-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁun\.
What does "Haroun" mean?
As a proper noun, "Haroun" means: Prénom arabe masculin
How do you pronounce "Haroun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Haroun" is \a.ʁun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list