héraldesse
^((h aspiré))\e.ʁal.dɛs\
The verdict
“héraldesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans L’Assemblée des femmes d’Aristophane, celle qui assumerait les fonctions habituellement dévolues au héraut dans l’Athènes de l’antiquité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | héraldesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁal.dɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “héraldesse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
héraldesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁal.dɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for héraldesse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is héraldesse, spelled H-É-R-A-L-D-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Dans L’Assemblée des femmes d’Aristophane, celle qui assumerait les fonctions habituellement dévolues au héraut dans l’Athènes de l’antiquité.
- 2Celle qui, à la manière des officiers chargés des publications solennelles et des messages importants sous le régime féodal, occupe des fonctions administratives dans la vie publique et dans la gestion des cérémonies.
- 3Annonciatrice, messagère.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “héraldesse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-É-R-A-L-D-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁal.dɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.