Henk
The verdict
“Henk” is uncommon French (frequency #95,984 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,984
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-henk · Henk · French
Henk · rank #95,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,984
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH herboristerie
Nearest frequency peer: herboristerie (+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 « Henk »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hce
hce
4,021 corpus weight
- Heaulme
Heaulme
4,020 corpus weight
- hees
hees
4,019 corpus weight
- Henk
Henk
4,017 corpus weight
- herborister…
herboristerie
4,016 corpus weight
- Herzen
Herzen
4,014 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Henk » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Henk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Henk » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Henk is uncommon French at frequency #95,984 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Henk, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Henk, spelled H-E-N-K.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Henk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La semaine dernière, le sélectionneur français Henk Nooren annonçait la sélection tricolore des prochains Jeux équestres mondiaux, à Herning (Danemark), du 6 au 14 août. Parmi eux, le Manchois Julien Épaillard, vainqueur, vendredi, du Grand Prix du CSI^(*****) 1,55 m, à Dinard.
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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