herd
\hɜːd\
The verdict
“herd” is uncommon French (frequency #91,778 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,778
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Collection, ensemble, troupe, bande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herd · herd · French
herd · rank #91,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,778
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH herbeuses
Nearest frequency peer: herbeuses (-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 « herd »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Heft
Heft
8,227 corpus weight
- hellénisme
hellénisme
8,225 corpus weight
- herbeuses
herbeuses
8,224 corpus weight
- herd
herd
8,223 corpus weight
- hermano
hermano
8,222 corpus weight
- hijra
hijra
8,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « herd » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɜːd\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « herd » en français
Rare enough to double-check
herd is uncommon French at frequency #91,778 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɜːd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
herd has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is herd, spelled H-E-R-D.
Definition
- 1Collection, ensemble, troupe, bande.
- 2Troupeau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
3,000 cattle from the herds which tested positive for markers indicating potential dioxin contamination were slaughtered. (The Independant, 10 décembre 2008)
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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