hélios
\e.ljo\
The verdict
“hélios” is uncommon French (frequency #60,082 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,082
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hélio.
Corpus desk
Index FR-helios · hélios · French
hélios · rank #60,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,082
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hypophyse
Nearest frequency peer: Hypophyse (-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 « hélios »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hosties
hosties
39,922 corpus weight
- hydrographie
hydrographie
39,921 corpus weight
- Hypophyse
Hypophyse
39,920 corpus weight
- hélios
hélios
39,919 corpus weight
- iconiques
iconiques
39,916 corpus weight
- IDH
IDH
39,915 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hélios » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hélios |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ljo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hélios » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hélios is uncommon French at frequency #60,082 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ljo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hélio.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hélios in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hélios, spelled H-É-L-I-O-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hélio.
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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