hazard

^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\

/^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hazard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,641
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne orthographe de hasard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hazard · hazard · French

hazard · rank #15,641 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,641
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hainaut

Nearest frequency peer: Hainaut (-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 « hazard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hazard » 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).

hazard vs heard
67% similar
hazard vs huard
67% similar
hazard vs Howard
50% similar

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

Key facts for hazard
PropertyValue
Headwordhazard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,641
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hazard »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hazardse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hainaut » (#15,640), « heart » (#15,642), « haies » (#15,639). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hazard » est au #15,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hazard (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,641 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ancienne orthographe de hasard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hazard, with forms such as "ahzard", "haazrd", and "hazadr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "heard", "huard", "Howard", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 hazard, spelled H-A-Z-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne orthographe de hasard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le peuple honore les perſonnes de grande naiſſance. Les demy habiles les mépriſent, diſant que la naiſſance n’eſt pas un avantage de la perſonne, mais du hazard. Les habiles les honorent, non par la penſée du peuple, mais par une penſée plus relevée.
  2. Elle alla par hazard se promener

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahzard
  • haazrd
  • hazadr
  • hazardd
  • hazarrd
  • hazrad
  • hazzard
  • hhazard
  • hzaard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hazard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahzard2haazrd2hazadr2hazardd1hazarrd1hazrad2hazzard1hhazard1
Edit distance from "hazard"

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 "hazard"?
"hazard" is spelled H-A-Z-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\.
What does "hazard" mean?
As a noun, "hazard" means: Ancienne orthographe de hasard.
What words are commonly confused with "hazard"?
"hazard" is commonly confused with "heard", "huard", "Howard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hazard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hazard" is ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hazard" come from?
"hazard" 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 "hazard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

idoles#15,647firmes#15,630ferrée#15,627intact#15,655

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Hainaut9 variantsGiovanni9 variantsillicite9 variantsjaneiro9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list