hérissons
^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“hérissons” is uncommon French (frequency #50,277 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,277
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hérisson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herissons · hérissons · French
hérissons · rank #50,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,277
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hâtif
Nearest frequency peer: hâtif (-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 « hérissons »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hydrologie
hydrologie
49,727 corpus weight
- hyperactif
hyperactif
49,726 corpus weight
- hâtif
hâtif
49,725 corpus weight
- hérissons
hérissons
49,724 corpus weight
- ICC
ICC
49,723 corpus weight
- ilot
ilot
49,722 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hérissons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hérissons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hérissons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hérissons is uncommon French at frequency #50,277 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁi.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hérisson.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hérissons, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hérissons, spelled H-É-R-I-S-S-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hérisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hérissons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De chaque côté de la grille, s’étend un saut-de-loup dont la double crête est garnie des lances et des dards les plus menaçants, de véritables hérissons en fer.
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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