hoog
\ɦoɣ̊\
The verdict
“hoog” is uncommon French (frequency #90,806 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,806
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haut, élevé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hoog · hoog · French
hoog · rank #90,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,806
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Holman
Nearest frequency peer: Holman (-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 « hoog »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hiérarchisés
hiérarchisés
9,198 corpus weight
- Holman
Holman
9,196 corpus weight
- hoog
hoog
9,195 corpus weight
- hoplites
hoplites
9,194 corpus weight
- houten
houten
9,193 corpus weight
- hte
hte
9,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hoog » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hoog |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɦoɣ̊\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hoog » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hoog is uncommon French at frequency #90,806 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɦoɣ̊\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hoog in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 hoog, spelled H-O-O-G.
Definition
- 1Haut, élevé.
- 2Activé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hoog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hierdoor hebben schadelijke bacteriën in een onnatuurlijk hoog tempo en in steeds toenemende mate resistentie tegen deze antibiotica ontwikkeld.
sensor S0609 wordt hoog
Antonyms
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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