Henkel
\ˈhɛŋkəl\
The verdict
“Henkel” is uncommon French (frequency #70,710 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,710
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-henkel · Henkel · French
Henkel · rank #70,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,710
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Helle
Nearest frequency peer: Helle (-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 « Henkel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Haziza
Haziza
29,295 corpus weight
- heel
heel
29,294 corpus weight
- Helle
Helle
29,292 corpus weight
- Henkel
Henkel
29,291 corpus weight
- hera
hera
29,290 corpus weight
- herbivore
herbivore
29,289 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Henkel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Henkel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɛŋkəl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Henkel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Henkel is uncommon French at frequency #70,710 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɛŋkəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Henkel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Henkel, spelled H-E-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Anse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Henkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Henkel des Korbes ist gebrochen.
Der Henkel von meinem Häferl ist abgebrochen, kannst du ihn wieder ankleben?
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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