Héraclius
The verdict
“Héraclius” is uncommon French (frequency #63,059 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,059
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empereur byzantin né vers 575 et mort le 6 février 641.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heraclius · Héraclius · French
Héraclius · rank #63,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,059
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hébergeait
Nearest frequency peer: hébergeait (-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 « Héraclius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- humiliantes
humiliantes
36,946 corpus weight
- huppés
huppés
36,945 corpus weight
- hébergeait
hébergeait
36,943 corpus weight
- Héraclius
Héraclius
36,942 corpus weight
- Hésiode
Hésiode
36,941 corpus weight
- imitateurs
imitateurs
36,938 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Héraclius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Héraclius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Héraclius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Héraclius is uncommon French at frequency #63,059 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empereur byzantin né vers 575 et mort le 6 février 641.".
Héraclius doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Héraclius, spelled H-É-R-A-C-L-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Empereur byzantin né vers 575 et mort le 6 février 641.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Héraclius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le clergé, le sénat et le peuple, engagèrent Héraclius à monter sur le trône, qu’il venait de purifier des souillures du crime et de l’ignominie. Après avoir hésité aussi long-temps que l’exigeait la décence, il se rendit à leurs prières. Son couronnement fut suivi de celui de sa femme Eudoxie ; et leur postérité régna sur l’empire d’Orient jusqu’à la qua…
This word in other languages
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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