homard

^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“homard” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,461
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crustacé décapode dont les deux pattes de devant ont la forme de pinces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-homard · homard · French

homard · rank #20,461 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,461
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hollandaise

Nearest frequency peer: hollandaise (-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 « homard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « homard » 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).

homard vs huard
67% similar
homard vs Howard
67% similar
homard vs Homère
50% similar

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

Key facts for homard
PropertyValue
Headwordhomard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,461
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « homard »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).homardse 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 « hollandaise » (#20,460), « hon » (#20,462), « généalogique » (#20,459). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « homard » est au #20,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around homard (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,461 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for homard, with forms such as "hhomard", "hmoard", and "hoamrd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "huard", "Howard", "Homère", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is homard, spelled H-O-M-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crustacé décapode dont les deux pattes de devant ont la forme de pinces.
  2. 2
    Chair de cet animal.
  3. 3
    Surnom donné aux spahis, sans doute en raison de la couleur rouge de leur burnous identique à la couleur du homard après la cuisson (voir illustrations ci-contre).
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté en pal, vu de dos, pinces vers le chef. Il est difficile à différencier de l’écrevisse dans les représentations. Les antennes peuvent donner un indice, mais il n’y a pas de règle en la matière. On se réfèrera donc à l’environnement culturel, économique ou historique de l’armigère (porteur des armes) pour déterminer s'il s’agit ou non d'un homard. À rapprocher de crabe, crevette et écrevisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant ce temps, les jeunes filles promènent leurs filets en forme de poches dans les mares que la mer a laissées en se retirant, et récoltent la chevrette ou font prisonnier quelque homard, quel que crabe tourteau, quelque poisson de rivage attardé loin de sa retraite.
  2. Pour attraper quelque chose, il faut qu’une iraigne se soit oubliée à dormir comme celle-ci, ou qu’un homard soit assez étourdi pour rester dans les rochers.

This word in other languages

lobster(English)bogavante(Español)Hummer(Deutsch)lavagante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomard
  • hmoard
  • hoamrd
  • homadr
  • homardd
  • homarrd
  • hommard
  • homrad
  • ohmard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homard - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhomard1hmoard2hoamrd2homadr2homardd1homarrd1hommard1homrad2
Edit distance from "homard"

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 "homard"?
"homard" is spelled H-O-M-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\.
What does "homard" mean?
As a noun, "homard" means: Crustacé décapode dont les deux pattes de devant ont la forme de pinces.
What words are commonly confused with "homard"?
"homard" is commonly confused with "huard", "Howard", "Homère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "homard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homard" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hyères#20,463gratos#20,458Godard#20,456Giraud#20,455

Similar misspelling depth

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

immigré9 variantsingrat9 variantsintrus9 variantsmarrons9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list