Hervieu
\ɛʁ.vjø\
The verdict
“Hervieu” is uncommon French (frequency #64,504 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,504
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hervieu · Hervieu · French
Hervieu · rank #64,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,504
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hernani
Nearest frequency peer: Hernani (-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 « Hervieu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Heim
Heim
35,501 corpus weight
- herder
herder
35,499 corpus weight
- Hernani
Hernani
35,498 corpus weight
- Hervieu
Hervieu
35,497 corpus weight
- hitlérienne
hitlérienne
35,494 corpus weight
- hoe
hoe
35,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hervieu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hervieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.vjø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hervieu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hervieu is uncommon French at frequency #64,504 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛʁ.vjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Hervieu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hervieu, spelled H-E-R-V-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hervieu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour moi, c’est une biennale de transition, car la majeure partie de la programmation avait été bouclée par Dominique Hervieu que j’ai remplacée [partie rejoindre Paris où elle a été nommée directrice culturelle des JO 2024].
Une narration assurée par Clément Hervieu-Léger raconte aussi les scènes.
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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