Heft
\hɛft\
The verdict
“Heft” is uncommon French (frequency #91,774 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,774
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cahier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heft · Heft · French
Heft · rank #91,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,774
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hedjaz
Nearest frequency peer: Hedjaz (-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 « Heft »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hatt
hatt
8,231 corpus weight
- haïssant
haïssant
8,229 corpus weight
- Hedjaz
Hedjaz
8,228 corpus weight
- Heft
Heft
8,227 corpus weight
- hellénisme
hellénisme
8,225 corpus weight
- herbeuses
herbeuses
8,224 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Heft » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Heft |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɛft\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Heft » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Heft is uncommon French at frequency #91,774 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɛft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Heft in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Heft, spelled H-E-F-T.
Definition
- 1Cahier.
- 2Carnet.
- 3Chemise de dossier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Lehrer sammelte die Hefte ein.
Ich finde in meinem Heft eine andere Passage aus dem Tagebuch eines Versagers wieder: » (...) Ich liebe politische Versammlungen, die nur eine Handvoll Leute zusammenbringen, und die Kakophonie von untalentierten Musikern. Und ich hasse Symphonieorchester. Wenn ich eines Tages die Macht besäße, würde ich allen Geigern und Cellisten die Kehle durchschneiden.«
Synonyms
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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