Harry

\a.ʁi\

/\a.ʁi\/ name

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The verdict

“Harry” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,679
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-harry · Harry · French

Harry · rank #2,679 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,679
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georges

Nearest frequency peer: Georges (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Harry »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Harry » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Harry vs hay
40% similar
Harry vs hart
40% similar
Harry vs Herr
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Harry
PropertyValue
HeadwordHarry
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.ʁi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,679
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Harry »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Harryse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Georges » (#2,678), « garçons » (#2,677), « lourd » (#2,681). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Harry » est au #2,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Harry (IPA \a.ʁi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,679 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Harry, with forms such as "ahrry", "harryy", and "hary". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hay", "hart", "Herr", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Harry, spelled H-A-R-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Harry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Peut-être est-il important de rappeler que, selon la BBC, avant les années 1800, la moitié des hommes anglais portaient les quatre mêmes prénoms: Harry, Oliver, Jack et Charlie!
  2. C’est parti au taquet, Morgan Boucher (UCB) et Harry Johnson (CC Plancoet) sont les premiers en évidence mais sont repris à mi-course.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrry
  • harryy
  • hary
  • haryr
  • hharry
  • hrary

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Harry - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahrry2harryy1hary1haryr2hharry1hrary2
Edit distance from "Harry"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Harry"?
"Harry" is spelled H-A-R-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁi\.
What does "Harry" mean?
As a proper noun, "Harry" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Harry"?
"Harry" is commonly confused with "hay", "hart", "Herr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Harry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Harry" is \a.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Harry" come from?
"Harry" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Harry", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lourd#2,681mener#2,682micro#2,683désir#2,670

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

mont6 variantsRock6 variantsaurez6 variantszéro6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list