heureux

/\œ.ʁø\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#877

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

heureux is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui jouit du bonheur, qui possède ce qui peut le rendre content. Pronounced \œ.ʁø\. It ranks #877 in French word frequency. Often confused with houleux and heure.

Key facts for heureux
PropertyValue
Headwordheureux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\œ.ʁø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#877
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of heureux in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for heureux is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \œ.ʁø\. Corpus data places it at rank #877 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for heureux, with forms such as "ehureux", "herueux", and "heuerux". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "houleux", "heure", "heures", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is heureux, spelled H-E-U-R-E-U-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui jouit du bonheur, qui possède ce qui peut le rendre content.
  2. 2
    Se dit de la condition, de la situation, de la vie de celui qui est heureux.
  3. 3
    Favorisé par la vie ou par son sort.
  4. 4
    Qui rend fortuné, qui procure du plaisir ou qui est favorable et avantageux.
  5. 5
    Qui annonce de la prospérité, qui promet de la bonne fortune, ou qui prévient favorablement.
  6. 6
    Choses sujettes à quelque danger, lorsqu’elles arrivent sans accident.
  7. 7
    Se dit d’une chute ou de quelque autre chose de fâcheux qui n’a pas eu de mauvaise suite.
  8. 8
    Qui est bon, excellent, distingué ou rare en son genre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehureux,herueux,heuerux,heureuxx,heurexu,heurreux,heuruex,hheureux,huereux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for heureux

Misspelling Variants of "heureux"

ehureux7herueux7heuerux7heureuxx8heurexu7heurreux8heuruex7hheureux8
Misspelling Variants of "heureux"

Frequency rank: #877 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heureux"?
"heureux" is spelled H-E-U-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \œ.ʁø\.
What does "heureux" mean?
As an adj, "heureux" means: Qui jouit du bonheur, qui possède ce qui peut le rendre content.
What words are commonly confused with "heureux"?
"heureux" is commonly confused with "houleux", "heure", "heures". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heureux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heureux" is \œ.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heureux" come from?
"heureux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.