Hénoch
\e.nɔk\
The verdict
“Hénoch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils de Caïn.
Corpus desk
Index FR-henoch · Hénoch · French
Hénoch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Hénoch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.nɔk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Hénoch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.nɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hénoch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Hénoch, spelled H-É-N-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1Fils de Caïn.
- 2Fils de Seth.
- 3Fils de Yared.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hénoch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Caïn s’enfuit et emmena sans doute sa femme, car la Bible dit que, peu de temps après, il eut un fils qu’il appela Hénoch.
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.