Héricourt
^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.kuʁ\
The verdict
“Héricourt” is uncommon French (frequency #70,724 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,724
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hericourt · Héricourt · French
Héricourt · rank #70,724 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,724
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH humanisation
Nearest frequency peer: humanisation (-2 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 « Héricourt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hongre
hongre
29,281 corpus weight
- horseman
horseman
29,280 corpus weight
- humanisation
humanisation
29,279 corpus weight
- Héricourt
Héricourt
29,277 corpus weight
- idiomes
idiomes
29,275 corpus weight
- ilia
ilia
29,273 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Héricourt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Héricourt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.kuʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,724 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Héricourt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Héricourt is uncommon French at frequency #70,724 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Héricourt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Héricourt, spelled H-É-R-I-C-O-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Saône.
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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