honnir
^((h aspiré))\ɔ.niʁ\
The verdict
“honnir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blâmer quelqu’un en lui faisant honte, en le vouant au mépris public.
Corpus desk
Index FR-honnir · honnir · French
honnir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | honnir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.niʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « honnir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
honnir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.niʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blâmer quelqu’un en lui faisant honte, en le vouant au mépris public.".
honnir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is honnir, spelled H-O-N-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Blâmer quelqu’un en lui faisant honte, en le vouant au mépris public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how honnir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fera certainement de bons ouvrages, moyennant quoi il mourra de faim, sera honni et persécuté ; mais il faut que chacun remplisse sa destinée.
Elle honnit le carton-pâte et l’ornement en staff, l’orviétan des charlatans littéraires, le tarabiscotage des épithètes, qui sont trop souvent l’essentiel d’un livre consacré aux splendeurs factices d’un climat africain.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.