HF

\a.ʃ‿ɛf\

/\a.ʃ‿ɛf\/ noun

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The verdict

“HF” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,535) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#31,535
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onde radio dont la fréquence est comprise entre 3 MHz et 30 MHz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hf · HF · French

HF · rank #31,535 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,535
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hihi

Nearest frequency peer: hihi (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “HF”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “HF” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

HF vs hi
0% similar
HF vs hp
0% similar
HF vs Hs
50% similar

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

Key facts for HF
PropertyValue
HeadwordHF
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʃ‿ɛf\
Letters2
Frequency rank#31,535
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “HF” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).HFse 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 « hihi » (#31,536), « homonyme » (#31,537), « Haddad » (#31,532). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for HF is neighbouring look-alikes ("hi", "hp", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.ʃ‿ɛf\. Frequency #31,535 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Gloss: "Onde radio dont la fréquence est comprise entre 3 MHz et 30 MHz.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for HF, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hi", "hp", "Hs", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is HF, spelled H-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Onde radio dont la fréquence est comprise entre 3 MHz et 30 MHz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À travers les baies vitrées de ce dernier, nous pouvions voir cependant, entre une route désaffectée, de hauts grillages et une sorte de rampe de parking protégée d’un blindage (un des blockhaus de sécurité) un gros camion tôlé surmonté d’aériens divers ; depuis de très hautes antennes HF, jusqu’aux minipointes inox des SHF, en passant par les intermédiai…

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 "HF"?
"HF" is spelled H-F. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃ‿ɛf\.
What does "HF" mean?
As a noun, "HF" means: Onde radio dont la fréquence est comprise entre 3 MHz et 30 MHz.
What words are commonly confused with "HF"?
"HF" is commonly confused with "hi", "hp", "Hs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "HF"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "HF" is \a.ʃ‿ɛf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "HF" come from?
"HF" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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  • "HF" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hi". View pair
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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