heads

\hɛdz\

/\hɛdz\/ noun

The verdict

“heads” is uncommon French (frequency #52,734 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,734
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de head.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heads · heads · French

heads · rank #52,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,734
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haïtiennes

Nearest frequency peer: haïtiennes (-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 « heads »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « heads » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for heads
PropertyValue
Headwordheads
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\hɛdz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,734
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « heads » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).headstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « haïtiennes » (#52,733), « haussant » (#52,732), « hoang » (#52,736). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « heads » est au #52,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heads is uncommon French at frequency #52,734 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɛdz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

heads doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is heads, spelled H-E-A-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de head.
  2. 2
    Face d’une pièce de monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Let’s flip a coin. Heads or tails?

Antonyms

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 "heads"?
"heads" is spelled H-E-A-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \hɛdz\.
What does "heads" mean?
As a noun, "heads" means: Pluriel de head.
How do you pronounce "heads"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heads" is \hɛdz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heads" come from?
"heads" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list