Héraclès

\e.ʁa.klɛs\

/\e.ʁa.klɛs\/ name

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The verdict

“Héraclès” is uncommon French (frequency #53,404 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,404
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heracles · Héraclès · French

Héraclès · rank #53,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,404
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hélie

Nearest frequency peer: Hélie (-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 « Héraclès »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Héraclès » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Héraclès
PropertyValue
HeadwordHéraclès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\e.ʁa.klɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Héraclès » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Héraclèstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Hélie » (#53,403), « hâtivement » (#53,402), « imparfaits » (#53,406). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Héraclès » est au #53,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Héraclès is uncommon French at frequency #53,404 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.ʁa.klɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Héraclès in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Héraclès, spelled H-É-R-A-C-L-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Héraclès appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’animateur reçoit Ken Follett, pour Les Armes de la lumière, Julie Héraclès, pour Vous ne connaissez rien de moi, Cécile Desprairies, pour La Propagandiste et Patrick Boucheron, pour Le Temps qui reste.

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 "Héraclès"?
"Héraclès" is spelled H-É-R-A-C-L-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁa.klɛs\.
What does "Héraclès" mean?
As a proper noun, "Héraclès" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Héraclès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Héraclès" is \e.ʁa.klɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Héraclès" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Huysmans#53,400huguenot#53,396insistez#53,412inspecte#53,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list