harpe

/^((h aspiré))\aʁp\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,555

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

harpe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cordophone à cordes pincées, que l'on tient debout, reposant par terre, garni de cordes verticales de longueur décroissante, que l’on pince avec les doigts. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\. Often confused with have and here.

Key facts for harpe
PropertyValue
Headwordharpe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\aʁp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,555
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of harpe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for harpe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,555 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for harpe, with forms such as "ahrpe", "hapre", and "harep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "have", "here", "hope", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is harpe, spelled H-A-R-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordophone à cordes pincées, que l'on tient debout, reposant par terre, garni de cordes verticales de longueur décroissante, que l’on pince avec les doigts.
  2. 2
    Cordophone à cordes pincées, que l'on tient debout, reposant par terre, garni de cordes verticales de longueur décroissante, que l’on pince avec les doigts.
  3. 3
    La poésie religieuse, sans doute par allusion à la harpe de David et à ses psaumes.
  4. 4
    Se dit quelquefois de la poésie en général, comme tout autre instrument de musique.
  5. 5
    Nom vulgaire d’un poisson, la triple lyre de Linné (océan Atlantique, Méditerranée).
  6. 6
    Coquille univalve.
  7. 7
    Appareillage d’un mur servant au raccord entre des constructions par la disposition de pierres superposées alternativement posées en saillies et en creux destinées à permettre ultérieurement de prolonger solidement la statique d’une muraille à construire. (Note : on parle alors d'une harpe d'attente) ; (Note : On dit aussi un arrachement).
  8. 8
    Structure d'un angle de mur ou les éléments qui le constituent (pierres, brique, etc.) sont maçonnés en alternance de manière à rendre l'ensemble plus solide.
  9. 9
    Griffe d'un chien (vénerie).
  10. 10
    Meuble représentant l’instrument de musique du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de claricorde, guitare, luth, lyre, vièle et violon.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahrpe,hapre,harep,harppe,harrpe,hharpe,hrape

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for harpe

Misspelling Variants of "harpe"

ahrpe5hapre5harep5harppe6harrpe6hharpe6hrape5
Misspelling Variants of "harpe"

Frequency rank: #19,555 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harpe"?
"harpe" is spelled H-A-R-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\.
What does "harpe" mean?
As a noun, "harpe" means: Cordophone à cordes pincées, que l'on tient debout, reposant par terre, garni de cordes verticales de longueur décroissante, que l’on pince avec les doigts.
What words are commonly confused with "harpe"?
"harpe" is commonly confused with "have", "here", "hope". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harpe" is ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "harpe" come from?
"harpe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.