heron
\ˈhɛɹ.ən\
The verdict
“heron” is uncommon French (frequency #72,405 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,405
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Héron (oiseau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-heron · heron · French
heron · rank #72,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,405
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Herz
Nearest frequency peer: Herz (+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 « heron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Heitz
Heitz
27,600 corpus weight
- helder
helder
27,599 corpus weight
- heron
heron
27,596 corpus weight
- Herz
Herz
27,595 corpus weight
- Homologie
Homologie
27,593 corpus weight
- hostellerie
hostellerie
27,592 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « heron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɛɹ.ən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heron is uncommon French at frequency #72,405 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɛɹ.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Héron (oiseau).".
Zero misspellings are on record for heron in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is heron, spelled H-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Héron (oiseau).
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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