haul
The verdict
“haul” is uncommon French (frequency #52,102 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,102
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haul · haul · French
haul · rank #52,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,102
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hau
Nearest frequency peer: hau (-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 « haul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Haskell
Haskell
47,901 corpus weight
- hau
hau
47,900 corpus weight
- haul
haul
47,899 corpus weight
- Havana
Havana
47,898 corpus weight
- hells
hells
47,897 corpus weight
- herbacées
herbacées
47,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « haul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haul is uncommon French at frequency #52,102 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
haul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is haul, spelled H-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1Traction.
- 2Distance.
- 3Rayon d’action.
- 4Prise, butin, récolte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how haul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They’ve got a haul of diamonds hidden somewhere.
‘A very, very nice little haul,’ said the Inspector, in his most genial voice, as he looked inside the bag.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).