Harrods
The verdict
“Harrods” is uncommon French (frequency #91,768 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,768
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Célèbre grand magasin de Londres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-harrods · Harrods · French
Harrods · rank #91,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,768
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Haruna
Nearest frequency peer: Haruna (+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 « Harrods »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gésier
gésier
8,237 corpus weight
- hallucinée
hallucinée
8,236 corpus weight
- handling
handling
8,235 corpus weight
- Harrods
Harrods
8,233 corpus weight
- Haruna
Haruna
8,232 corpus weight
- hatt
hatt
8,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Harrods » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Harrods |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Harrods » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Harrods is uncommon French at frequency #91,768 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Célèbre grand magasin de Londres.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Harrods, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Harrods, spelled H-A-R-R-O-D-S.
Definition
- 1Célèbre grand magasin de Londres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Harrods appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les années 2000, les relations entre Harrods et la famille royale étaient pourtant tendues, en raison du rachat du groupe par Mohamed Al-Fayed, père de Dodi Al-Fayed, dernier compagnon de Lady Diana.
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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