hérisse
^((h aspiré))\e.ʁis\
The verdict
“hérisse” is uncommon French (frequency #65,997 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,997
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hérisser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herisse · hérisse · French
hérisse · rank #65,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,997
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Icarus
Nearest frequency peer: Icarus (+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 « hérisse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- huge
huge
34,008 corpus weight
- huppée
huppée
34,006 corpus weight
- hérisse
hérisse
34,004 corpus weight
- Icarus
Icarus
34,003 corpus weight
- idiopathique
idiopathique
34,002 corpus weight
- Idir
Idir
34,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hérisse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hérisse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hérisse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hérisse is uncommon French at frequency #65,997 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
hérisse has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 hérisse, spelled H-É-R-I-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hérisser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hérisser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hérisser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hérisser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de hérisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hérisse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si on vous parle du Cap d’Agde, à quoi pensez-vous ? Si vous avez répondu libertinage, sachez que cette image hérisse certains Agathois et Agathoises, exaspérés d’être réduits à cette réputation olé olé.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).