herculéenne
\ɛʁ.ky.le.ɛn\
The verdict
“herculéenne” is uncommon French (frequency #87,717 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,717
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de herculéen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herculeenne · herculéenne · French
herculéenne · rank #87,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,717
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH henni
Nearest frequency peer: henni (-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 « herculéenne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- healing
healing
12,287 corpus weight
- henni
henni
12,285 corpus weight
- herculéenne
herculéenne
12,284 corpus weight
- Herren
Herren
12,283 corpus weight
- hideuses
hideuses
12,282 corpus weight
- hollandisme
hollandisme
12,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « herculéenne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herculéenne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.ky.le.ɛn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « herculéenne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
herculéenne is uncommon French at frequency #87,717 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛʁ.ky.le.ɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de herculéen.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herculéenne, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is herculéenne, spelled H-E-R-C-U-L-É-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de herculéen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herculéenne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoiqu’il ressemblât assez à une fille déguisée en homme, il était d'une force herculéenne.
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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