heures creuses

\œʁ kʁøz\

/\œʁ kʁøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“heures creuses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Heures de la journée bénéficiant d’un tarif réduit pour la consommation électrique.

Key facts for heures creuses
PropertyValue
Headwordheures creuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\œʁ kʁøz\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “heures creuses” sits in French frequency

heures creuses falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heures creuses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \œʁ kʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Heures de la journée bénéficiant d’un tarif réduit pour la consommation électrique.".

No misspelling variants are generated for heures creuses in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is heures creuses, spelled H-E-U-R-E-S- -C-R-E-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Heures de la journée bénéficiant d’un tarif réduit pour la consommation électrique.

Antonyms

heures pleines

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heures creuses"?
"heures creuses" is spelled H-E-U-R-E-S- -C-R-E-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \œʁ kʁøz\.
What does "heures creuses" mean?
As a noun, "heures creuses" means: Heures de la journée bénéficiant d’un tarif réduit pour la consommation électrique.
How do you pronounce "heures creuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heures creuses" is \œʁ kʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heures creuses" come from?
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Using “heures creuses”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is H-E-U-R-E-S- -C-R-E-U-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \œʁ kʁøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list