heaume
^((h aspiré))\om\
The verdict
“heaume” is uncommon French (frequency #54,001 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,001
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de casque en usage du XIIᵉ au XIVᵉ siècles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heaume · heaume · French
heaume · rank #54,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,001
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hasardeuses
Nearest frequency peer: hasardeuses (-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 « heaume »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Harrach
Harrach
46,003 corpus weight
- hartz
hartz
46,002 corpus weight
- hasardeuses
hasardeuses
46,001 corpus weight
- heaume
heaume
46,000 corpus weight
- helm
helm
45,999 corpus weight
- hermaphrodi…
hermaphrodite
45,998 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « heaume » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heaume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\om\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heaume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heaume is uncommon French at frequency #54,001 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\om\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for heaume in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is heaume, spelled H-E-A-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de casque en usage du XIIᵉ au XIVᵉ siècles.
- 2Pièce qui, par ses dispositions particulières, sert à indiquer le titre de noblesse de celui auquel elle appartient.
- 3Pièce de vêtement de protection, en usage dans les milieux du nucléaire, de la soudure, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heaume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cependant, réfléchis, noble Saxon, dit le chevalier ; tu n’as ni haubert, ni corselet, ni rien que ce léger heaume, un bouclier et une épée.
Il est manifestement représenté ici par le Grec dans le bige portant un heaume, avec le cadavre de son écuyer affalé à l’avant. La bannière « SPQR », qui flotte de façon incongrue au-dessus de sa tête, crée une confusion supplémentaire.
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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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