hélix
\e.liks\
The verdict
“hélix” is uncommon French (frequency #94,898 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,898
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand bord replié de l’oreille externe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-helix · hélix · French
hélix · rank #94,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,898
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hélicoïdale
Nearest frequency peer: hélicoïdale (-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 « hélix »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hypercholes…
hypercholestérolémie
5,107 corpus weight
- hyperthyroï…
hyperthyroïdie
5,106 corpus weight
- hâle
hâle
5,105 corpus weight
- hélicoïdale
hélicoïdale
5,104 corpus weight
- hélix
hélix
5,103 corpus weight
- idolâtrer
idolâtrer
5,102 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hélix » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hélix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.liks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hélix » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hélix is uncommon French at frequency #94,898 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.liks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand bord replié de l’oreille externe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hélix in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 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 hélix, spelled H-É-L-I-X.
Definition
- 1Grand bord replié de l’oreille externe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hélix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M/a très délectable j/e m/e mets à te manger, m/a langue humecte l’hélix de ton oreille se glissant tout autour avec délicatesse, elle touche l’anthélix, m/es dents cherchent le lobe.
Ses blessures étaient légères même si techniquement il avait été touché par un tir d’arme à feu. Il avait des côtes froissées, une contusion au genou et quelques lacérations sans gravité dues à des éclats de verre, sans compter le haut de l’hélix de son oreille gauche qu’une balle lui avait sectionné.
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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