Harpies
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pi\
The verdict
“Harpies” is uncommon French (frequency #74,054 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,054
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Divinités de la dévastation et de la vengeance divine. Elles sont trois : Aello (« Bourrasque »), parfois nommée Nicothoé (« Pieds rapides »), Ocypète (« Vole-vite »), et Podarge (« Pieds légers »)...
Corpus desk
Index FR-harpies · Harpies · French
Harpies · rank #74,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,054
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hannes
Nearest frequency peer: Hannes (-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 « Harpies »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- génitrice
génitrice
25,950 corpus weight
- géraient
géraient
25,949 corpus weight
- Hannes
Hannes
25,948 corpus weight
- Harpies
Harpies
25,947 corpus weight
- hassi
hassi
25,946 corpus weight
- hassidiques
hassidiques
25,945 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Harpies » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harpies |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Harpies » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Harpies is uncommon French at frequency #74,054 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Harpies, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Harpies, spelled H-A-R-P-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Divinités de la dévastation et de la vengeance divine. Elles sont trois : Aello (« Bourrasque »), parfois nommée Nicothoé (« Pieds rapides »), Ocypète (« Vole-vite »), et Podarge (« Pieds légers »), parfois nommée Célaéno (« Obscure »).
- 2Pour le sens commun, voir harpies.
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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