hein
\ɛ̃\
The verdict
“hein” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #687
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont on accompagne une interrogation ou une phrase qui exprime l’étonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hein · hein · French
hein · rank #687 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #687
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hors
Nearest frequency peer: hors (+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 « hein »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- devient
devient
99,318 corpus weight
- données
données
99,317 corpus weight
- hein
hein
99,314 corpus weight
- hors
hors
99,313 corpus weight
- joue
joue
99,312 corpus weight
- lequel
lequel
99,311 corpus weight
What this shows « hein » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hein »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hein (IPA \ɛ̃\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #687 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hein, with forms such as "ehin", "heinn", and "heni". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hi", "hey", "Heu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 hein, spelled H-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Dont on accompagne une interrogation ou une phrase qui exprime l’étonnement.
- 2Il s’emploie seul, pour indiquer que l’on n’a pas entendu ou compris et que l’on invite l’interlocuteur à répéter.
- 3S’emploie pour attirer l’attention, susciter l’approbation ou bien des questions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Scientifique », « scientifique », est-ce que j'ai la ganache d'Albert Einstein ? Hein ? Vous faites chier, à pénave comme des branques tout l’temps !
Hein, que dites-vous donc là?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehin
- heinn
- heni
- hhein
- hien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hein - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hein", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).