hor
The verdict
“hor” is uncommon French (frequency #53,394 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,394
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Là : adverbe locatif médial, loin du locuteur mais proche de l'interlocuteur.
| 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) |
Where “hor” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hor is uncommon French at frequency #53,394 among 109,908 “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.
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 “hor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.