Héphaïstos
\e.fa.i.stos\
The verdict
“Héphaïstos” is uncommon French (frequency #90,814 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,814
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dieu du feu et des forges dans la mythologie grecque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hephaistos · Héphaïstos · French
Héphaïstos · rank #90,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,814
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hélicoïdal
Nearest frequency peer: hélicoïdal (-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 « Héphaïstos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- houten
houten
9,193 corpus weight
- hte
hte
9,192 corpus weight
- hurluberlu
hurluberlu
9,190 corpus weight
- hélicoïdal
hélicoïdal
9,188 corpus weight
- Héphaïstos
Héphaïstos
9,187 corpus weight
- Héraclée
Héraclée
9,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Héphaïstos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Héphaïstos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.fa.i.stos\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Héphaïstos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Héphaïstos is uncommon French at frequency #90,814 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.fa.i.stos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dieu du feu et des forges dans la mythologie grecque.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Héphaïstos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Héphaïstos, spelled H-É-P-H-A-Ï-S-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Dieu du feu et des forges dans la mythologie grecque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Héphaïstos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Habituellement présenté comme le fils d’Héra, Héphaïstos est l’un des douze principaux dieux de l’Olympe.
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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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