hasarder
^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ.de\
The verdict
“hasarder” is uncommon French (frequency #94,875 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,875
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Risquer ; exposer à la fortune ; exposer au péril.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hasarder · hasarder · French
hasarder · rank #94,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,875
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH harz
Nearest frequency peer: harz (-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 « hasarder »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- harlequins
harlequins
5,129 corpus weight
- harz
harz
5,127 corpus weight
- hasarder
hasarder
5,126 corpus weight
- Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff
5,125 corpus weight
- Heilbronn
Heilbronn
5,124 corpus weight
- helléniques
helléniques
5,123 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hasarder » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hasarder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ.de\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hasarder » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hasarder is uncommon French at frequency #94,875 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hasarder, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hasarder, spelled H-A-S-A-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Risquer ; exposer à la fortune ; exposer au péril.
- 2Mettre en avant, pour voir de quelle manière elles seront reçues, en parlant de propositions, d'opinions, etc.
- 3Tenter, faire une tentative.
- 4Se décider à entreprendre (quelque chose), malgré les incertitudes que cela comporte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hasarder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette nuit, j’ai séduit le jongleur par des présents, j’ai enivré vos bourreaux avec de l’essence de feu, et j’ai dû hasarder ma vie pour vous, puisque vous aviez donné la vôtre pour moi.
Charles résolut de hasarder sur le tapis rouge de la Guerre son audace provençale qu’il prit, à l’exemple de tant d’autres, pour une vocation.
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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