Hermel
\ɛʁ.mɛl\
The verdict
“Hermel” is uncommon French (frequency #82,102 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,102
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hermel · Hermel · French
Hermel · rank #82,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,102
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH highlanders
Nearest frequency peer: highlanders (+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 « Hermel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hargneuse
hargneuse
17,904 corpus weight
- Harlay
Harlay
17,903 corpus weight
- Harrelson
Harrelson
17,902 corpus weight
- Hermel
Hermel
17,899 corpus weight
- highlanders
highlanders
17,897 corpus weight
- hooligan
hooligan
17,895 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hermel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hermel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.mɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hermel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hermel is uncommon French at frequency #82,102 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛʁ.mɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Hermel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hermel, spelled H-E-R-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
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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