horde
^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\
The verdict
“horde” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,642 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,642
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tribu nomade d’Asie centrale.
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 | horde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for horde is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,642 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for horde, with forms such as "hhorde", "hodre", and "hordde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hors", "hôte", "Hyde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is horde, spelled H-O-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Tribu nomade d’Asie centrale.
- 2Troupe nombreuse d’hommes qui vivent en société, mais sans avoir d’établissement fixe.
- 3Peuplade ou groupement d’hommes errants.
- 4Groupement humain temporaire et instable.
- 5Troupe d’hommes indisciplinés, qui se plaisent au carnage, à la dévastation, etc.
- 6Groupe de personnes indisciplinées.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhorde,hodre,hordde,hored,horrde,hrode,ohrde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of horde - 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 “horde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hors” - see the side-by-side comparison. horde vs hors
- 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.