homélies
^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\
The verdict
“homélies” is uncommon French (frequency #57,314 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,314
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de homélie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-homelies · homélies · French
homélies · rank #57,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,314
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH holographique
Nearest frequency peer: holographique (-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 « homélies »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hichem
Hichem
42,690 corpus weight
- holographiq…
holographique
42,688 corpus weight
- homélies
homélies
42,687 corpus weight
- houari
houari
42,686 corpus weight
- humaniser
humaniser
42,685 corpus weight
- huot
huot
42,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « homélies » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homélies |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « homélies » en français
Rare enough to double-check
homélies is uncommon French at frequency #57,314 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h muet))\ɔ.me.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de homélie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for homélies, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is homélies, spelled H-O-M-É-L-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de homélie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how homélies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les administrateurs auraient bien voulu pouvoir nous donner quelques comptes sur les fonds qu’ils ont à leur disposition ; mais ils sont bien embarrassés eux-mêmes pour les dépenses d’administration ; tandis que la commune de Paris n’a besoin que de demander pour obtenir des millions, qu’aujourd’hui même, elle prend sans demander ; tout souffre, tout lang…
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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