hela
\ˈhe.la\
The verdict
“hela” is uncommon French (frequency #85,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,785
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clair [de couleur, etc.].
Corpus desk
Index FR-hela · hela · French
hela · rank #85,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,785
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH height
Nearest frequency peer: height (-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 « hela »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- heels
heels
14,218 corpus weight
- height
height
14,217 corpus weight
- hela
hela
14,216 corpus weight
- Hestia
Hestia
14,215 corpus weight
- HFC
HFC
14,214 corpus weight
- hiba
hiba
14,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hela » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hela |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhe.la\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hela » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hela is uncommon French at frequency #85,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhe.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clair [de couleur, etc.].".
hela has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hela, spelled H-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Clair [de couleur, etc.].
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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