hertz

^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\

/^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\/ noun

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The verdict

“hertz” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,836
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de fréquence permettant de mesurer le nombre de fois où un événement cyclique survient par seconde et dont le symbole est Hz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hertz · hertz · French

hertz · rank #38,836 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,836
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hendricks

Nearest frequency peer: Hendricks (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hertz »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hertz » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hertz vs het
60% similar
hertz vs hurt
60% similar
hertz vs Hervé
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hertz
PropertyValue
Headwordhertz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,836
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hertz »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hertzse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hendricks » (#38,835), « hazel » (#38,834), « hispano » (#38,838). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hertz » est au #38,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around hertz (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,836 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de fréquence permettant de mesurer le nombre de fois où un événement cyclique survient par seconde et dont le symbole est Hz.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for hertz, with forms such as "ehrtz", "herrtz", and "herttz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "het", "hurt", "Hervé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hertz, spelled H-E-R-T-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de fréquence permettant de mesurer le nombre de fois où un événement cyclique survient par seconde et dont le symbole est Hz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hertz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le courant alternatif standard en France a une fréquence de 50 hertz.
  2. Le son musical le plus grave que nous percevions est de 16 hertz (celui d'un des tuyaux de l'orgue) et notre oreille ne peut aller au-delà d'une fréquence aiguë de 20 000 hertz.

This word in other languages

hertz(English)hercio(Español)Hertz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrtz
  • herrtz
  • herttz
  • hertzz
  • herzt
  • hetrz
  • hhertz
  • hretz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hertz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ehrtz2herrtz1herttz1hertzz1herzt2hetrz2hhertz1hretz2
Edit distance from "hertz"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hertz"?
"hertz" is spelled H-E-R-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\.
What does "hertz" mean?
As a noun, "hertz" means: Unité de fréquence permettant de mesurer le nombre de fois où un événement cyclique survient par seconde et dont le symbole est Hz.
What words are commonly confused with "hertz"?
"hertz" is commonly confused with "het", "hurt", "Hervé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hertz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hertz" is ^((h aspiré))\ɛʁts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hertz" come from?
"hertz" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hertz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hazel#38,834Haydn#38,833grass#38,828gonds#38,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

fuyait8 variantsfifty8 variantsfessier8 variantsfaisan8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list