henry

^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\

/^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“henry” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,930
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H.

Corpus desk

Index FR-henry · henry · French

henry · rank #2,930 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,930
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH fêtes

Nearest frequency peer: fêtes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « henry »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « henry » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

henry vs hey
60% similar
henry vs her
60% similar
henry vs here
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for henry
PropertyValue
Headwordhenry
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,930
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « henry »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.henryse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fêtes » (#2,929), « inscription » (#2,931), « franco » (#2,928). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « henry » est au #2,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around henry (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,930 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for henry, with forms such as "ehnry", "hennry", and "henrry". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "here", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 henry, spelled H-E-N-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H.

This word in other languages

henry(English)henrio(Español)Henry(Deutsch)henry(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehnry
  • hennry
  • henrry
  • henryy
  • henyr
  • herny
  • hhenry
  • hnery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of henry - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehnry2hennry1henrry1henryy1henyr2herny2hhenry1hnery2
Edit distance from "henry"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "henry"?
"henry" is spelled H-E-N-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\.
What does "henry" mean?
As a noun, "henry" means: Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H.
What words are commonly confused with "henry"?
"henry" is commonly confused with "hey", "her", "here". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "henry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "henry" is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "henry" come from?
"henry" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "henry", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fêtes#2,929cycle#2,917outil#2,943coûte#2,915

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fortes8 variantsfalloir8 variantsoiseaux8 variantsdouche8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list