harpes
^((h aspiré))\aʁp\
The verdict
“harpes” is uncommon French (frequency #61,587 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,587
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de harpe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harpes · harpes · French
harpes · rank #61,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,587
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hanse
Nearest frequency peer: Hanse (-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 « harpes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- guérira
guérira
38,417 corpus weight
- hachées
hachées
38,416 corpus weight
- Hanse
Hanse
38,415 corpus weight
- harpes
harpes
38,414 corpus weight
- haschich
haschich
38,413 corpus weight
- Hazebrouck
Hazebrouck
38,412 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harpes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harpes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harpes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harpes is uncommon French at frequency #61,587 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de harpe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for harpes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is harpes, spelled H-A-R-P-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de harpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how harpes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon Dieu ! serait-il impossible qu’il existât, comme dans une symphonie, deux harpes qui, à distance, se répondent, vibrent, et produisent une délicieuse harmonie ?
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.
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