harpiste
^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pist\
The verdict
“harpiste” is uncommon French (frequency #71,575 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,575
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musicien ou musicienne qui joue de la harpe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harpiste · harpiste · French
harpiste · rank #71,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,575
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH harder
Nearest frequency peer: harder (-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 « harpiste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- haa
haa
28,432 corpus weight
- Hamish
Hamish
28,430 corpus weight
- harder
harder
28,427 corpus weight
- harpiste
harpiste
28,426 corpus weight
- Hilbert
Hilbert
28,423 corpus weight
- holotype
holotype
28,420 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « harpiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harpiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,575 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « harpiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
harpiste is uncommon French at frequency #71,575 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\aʁ.pist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musicien ou musicienne qui joue de la harpe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for harpiste, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is harpiste, spelled H-A-R-P-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Musicien ou musicienne qui joue de la harpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how harpiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les sons d’une harpe retentirent, elle voulut voir la musique ; et bientôt le joueur d’instrument, amené par la négresse, entra dans les Premières. […]. Enfin le harpiste rejeta ses longs cheveux derrière ses épaules, étendit les bras et se mit à jouer.
Rendez-vous samedi 21 janvier à 16 h pour la lecture musicale du roman par la comédienne Solange Boulanger accompagnée par la harpiste Françoise de Maubus qui vous entraîneront dans l’histoire de Saint-Avit et Morhange.
This word in other languages
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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