hog
\hɒɡ\
The verdict
“hog” is uncommon French (frequency #97,009 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,009
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cochon, porc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hog · hog · French
hog · rank #97,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,009
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH highly
Nearest frequency peer: highly (-2 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 « hog »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- heo
heo
2,998 corpus weight
- hermosa
hermosa
2,996 corpus weight
- hiberne
hiberne
2,995 corpus weight
- highly
highly
2,994 corpus weight
- hog
hog
2,992 corpus weight
- hormonothér…
hormonothérapie
2,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hog » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hog |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɒɡ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hog » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hog is uncommon French at frequency #97,009 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɒɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hog, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct French form is hog, spelled H-O-G.
Definition
- 1Cochon, porc.
- 2Personne avide.
- 3Cochon, pierre hors-jeu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A [hog is a] rock that, as a result of a bad or weak delivery, does not cross the hog line and is declared out of play; it is removed from play unless it has hit another rock.
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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