heureux

\œ.ʁø\

/\œ.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“heureux” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#877
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jouit du bonheur, qui possède ce qui peut le rendre content.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heureux · heureux · French

heureux · rank #877 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #877
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH finale

Nearest frequency peer: finale (-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 « heureux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « heureux » 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).

heureux vs houleux
71% similar
heureux vs heure
71% similar
heureux vs heures
71% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « heureux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.heureuxse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « finale » (#876), « impossible » (#878), « fera » (#875). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « heureux » est au #877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around heureux (IPA \œ.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #877 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for heureux, with forms such as "ehureux", "herueux", and "heuerux". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is heureux, spelled H-E-U-R-E-U-X.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Heureux qui j’aimerai, mais plus heureux qui m’aime ! Jamais l’amer souci ne brûlera son cœur ; Et je l’abreuverai de l’ardente liqueur Qui fait l’homme semblable au Kronide lui-même.
  2. Suis-je heureux ? Oui ; je n’ai ni deuil, ni regrets, ni désir compliqué ; donc, je suis heureux.

Synonyms

béatbienheureuxcomblécontentenchantéépanouigaijoyeuxraviréjouisatisfait

Antonyms

dépitédésenchantémalheureuxtriste

This word in other languages

lucky(English)afortunado(Español)glücklich(Deutsch)feliz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehureux
  • herueux
  • heuerux
  • heureuxx
  • heurexu
  • heurreux
  • heuruex
  • hheureux
  • huereux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heureux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehureux2herueux2heuerux2heureuxx1heurexu2heurreux1heuruex2hheureux1
Edit distance from "heureux"

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 "heureux"?
"heureux" is spelled H-E-U-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \œ.ʁø\.
What does "heureux" mean?
As an adjective, "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pouvait#884courant#869combien#866sérieux#889

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

porter9 variantssecond9 variantséglise9 variantséviter9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list