Hofer
The verdict
“Hofer” is uncommon French (frequency #83,022 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,022
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille alsacien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hofer · Hofer · French
Hofer · rank #83,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,022
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH HLA
Nearest frequency peer: HLA (-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 « Hofer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hebei
Hebei
16,983 corpus weight
- HLA
HLA
16,980 corpus weight
- Hofer
Hofer
16,979 corpus weight
- hombres
hombres
16,978 corpus weight
- houillère
houillère
16,977 corpus weight
- hydroliennes
hydroliennes
16,974 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hofer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hofer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hofer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hofer is uncommon French at frequency #83,022 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille alsacien.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Hofer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hofer, spelled H-O-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille alsacien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hofer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Josué Hofer.
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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