honneur
^((h muet))\ɔ.nœʁ\
The verdict
“honneur” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #823 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #823
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sentiment d’une dignité morale, estimée plus haut que tous les biens, et qui porte certaines personnes à des actions loyales, nobles et courageuses.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | honneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\ɔ.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “honneur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for honneur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\ɔ.nœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #823 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for honneur, with forms such as "hhonneur", "hnoneur", and "honenur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "horreur", "honteux", "honneurs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 honneur, spelled H-O-N-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Sentiment d’une dignité morale, estimée plus haut que tous les biens, et qui porte certaines personnes à des actions loyales, nobles et courageuses.
- 2Sentiment d’une dignité morale, estimée plus haut que tous les biens, et qui porte certaines personnes à des actions loyales, nobles et courageuses.
- 3Pudicité, chasteté, souci de se respecter soi-même, en parlant des femmes ou des filles.
- 4Estime, considération, renom ou éclat qui suivent les talents ou les vertus.
- 5Estime qu’on obtient non seulement des autres, mais qu’on peut avoir de soi-même.
- 6En plaisantant.
- 7Fierté.
- 8Action, démonstration extérieure, égards par lesquels on fait connaître la vénération, le respect, l’estime qu’on a pour la dignité ou pour le mérite de quelqu’un. Dans ce sens, on l’emploie souvent au pluriel.
- 9Grâce, faveur ou distinction.
- 10Grâce, faveur ou distinction.
- 11Dignité ; charge.
- 12Pièces principales, comme le sceptre, la couronne, etc., qui servaient à certaines grandes cérémonies, telles que le sacre des rois, leur baptême, leurs funérailles, etc.
- 13Figure d’atout, de certains jeux de cartes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhonneur,hnoneur,honenur,honeur,honneru,honneurr,honnuer,ohnneur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of honneur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “honneur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-N-N-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h muet))\ɔ.nœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “horreur” - see the side-by-side comparison. honneur vs horreur
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.