Hines
The verdict
“Hines” is uncommon French (frequency #65,211 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,211
- 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-hines · Hines · French
Hines · rank #65,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,211
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Highlander
Nearest frequency peer: Highlander (-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 « Hines »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- happen
happen
34,795 corpus weight
- Heston
Heston
34,792 corpus weight
- Highlander
Highlander
34,791 corpus weight
- Hines
Hines
34,790 corpus weight
- hiérarchiqu…
hiérarchiquement
34,788 corpus weight
- Horta
Horta
34,787 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hines » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hines is uncommon French at frequency #65,211 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hines, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Hines, spelled H-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour autant, Pete Hines, le responsable éditorial, assume et les voit comme la preuve que « des choses se passent dans nos jeux. Nous acceptons le chaos. Nous pourrions faire un jeu plus sûr, moins buggé, moins risqué si nous le voulions. Mais ce que nous essayons de mettre en avant, c’est la liberté du joueur. »
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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