herbages
\ɛʁ.baʒ\
The verdict
“herbages” is uncommon French (frequency #88,716 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,716
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieux filets auxquels sont fixés des chevrons et qui sont utilisés pour la pêche au corail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herbages · herbages · French
herbages · rank #88,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,716
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Henryk
Nearest frequency peer: Henryk (-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 « herbages »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hayman
Hayman
11,291 corpus weight
- Henryk
Henryk
11,286 corpus weight
- herbages
herbages
11,285 corpus weight
- herne
herne
11,283 corpus weight
- hertzien
hertzien
11,281 corpus weight
- heuristiques
heuristiques
11,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « herbages » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herbages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.baʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « herbages » en français
Rare enough to double-check
herbages is uncommon French at frequency #88,716 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛʁ.baʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for herbages in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is herbages, spelled H-E-R-B-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Vieux filets auxquels sont fixés des chevrons et qui sont utilisés pour la pêche au corail.
- 2Plantes médicinales, tisanes. Souvent précédé d’un z’.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).