hème
\ɛm\
The verdict
“hème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance composée de fer et de porphyrine, présente dans l’hémoglobine, et qui sert au transport des gaz du sang.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heme · hème · French
hème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance composée de fer et de porphyrine, présente dans l’hémoglobine, et qui sert au transport des gaz du sang.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hème in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hème, spelled H-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Substance composée de fer et de porphyrine, présente dans l’hémoglobine, et qui sert au transport des gaz du sang.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’équipe montre pour la première fois, in vivo chez le rat, qu'une charcuterie modèle riche en hème (la molécule qui apporte du fer facilement assimilable, celle qui donne à la viande crue sa couleur rouge et à la viande cuite son aspect rosé), salée, additionnée de nitrites, cuite et oxydée était promotrice du développement du cancer colorectal.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.