Herbst
\hɛːɐ̯pst\
The verdict
“Herbst” is uncommon French (frequency #98,041 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,041
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Automne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herbst · Herbst · French
Herbst · rank #98,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,041
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH herbeuse
Nearest frequency peer: herbeuse (-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 « Herbst »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hebdos
hebdos
1,963 corpus weight
- herbeuse
herbeuse
1,961 corpus weight
- Herbst
Herbst
1,960 corpus weight
- Heymans
Heymans
1,959 corpus weight
- hira
hira
1,957 corpus weight
- Hispaniola
Hispaniola
1,956 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Herbst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Herbst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɛːɐ̯pst\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Herbst » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Herbst is uncommon French at frequency #98,041 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɛːɐ̯pst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Herbst in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Herbst, spelled H-E-R-B-S-T.
Definition
- 1Automne.
- 2Période du vieillissement ou du déclin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Herbst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Herbst sieht man die Blätter von den Bäumen abfallen.
Je ungemütlicher es draußen wird, desto größer wird der Hunger auf eine wärmende Suppe. Und was passt besser zum Herbst als der Kürbis?
Synonyms
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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