hor
The verdict
“hor” is uncommon French (frequency #53,394 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,394
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Là : adverbe locatif médial, loin du locuteur mais proche de l'interlocuteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hor · hor · French
hor · rank #53,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,394
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH houla
Nearest frequency peer: houla (+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 « hor »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hiller
Hiller
46,610 corpus weight
- hor
hor
46,607 corpus weight
- houla
houla
46,606 corpus weight
- huguenot
huguenot
46,605 corpus weight
- hunting
hunting
46,604 corpus weight
- hurricane
hurricane
46,603 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hor is uncommon French at frequency #53,394 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Là : adverbe locatif médial, loin du locuteur mais proche de l'interlocuteur.".
hor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hor, spelled H-O-R.
Definition
- 1Là : adverbe locatif médial, loin du locuteur mais proche de l'interlocuteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hortik atera dira.
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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