henry

/^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,930

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

henry is aFrenchnoun. It means: Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\. It ranks #2,930 in French word frequency. Often confused with hey and her.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of henry in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for henry is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,930 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unité de mesure d’inductance du Système international (SI), dont le symbole est H.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for henry, with forms such as "ehnry", "hennry", and "henrry". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "here", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is henry, spelled H-E-N-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehnry,hennry,henrry,henryy,henyr,herny,hhenry,hnery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for henry

Misspelling Variants of "henry"

ehnry5hennry6henrry6henryy6henyr5herny5hhenry6hnery5
Misspelling Variants of "henry"

Frequency rank: #2,930 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.