Henriette
\ɑ̃.ʁjɛt\
The verdict
“Henriette” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #21,647 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #21,647
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Henriette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʁjɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Henriette” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Henriette is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ʁjɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,647 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Henriette, with forms such as "ehnriette", "henirette", and "hennriette". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Henriette, spelled H-E-N-R-I-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehnriette,henirette,hennriette,henreitte,henriete,henrietet,henritete,henrriette,herniette,hhenriette,hneriette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Henriette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Henriette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-E-N-R-I-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ʁjɛt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.