hordes

/^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,887

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

hordes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de horde. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\. Often confused with hors and hôtes.

Key facts for hordes
PropertyValue
Headwordhordes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,887
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hordes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hordes is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,887 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de horde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for hordes, with forms such as "hhordes", "hodres", and "horddes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "hors", "hôtes", "horse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hordes, spelled H-O-R-D-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de horde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhordes,hodres,horddes,hordess,hordse,horeds,horrdes,ohrdes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hordes

Misspelling Variants of "hordes"

hhordes7hodres6horddes7hordess7hordse6horeds6horrdes7ohrdes6
Misspelling Variants of "hordes"

Frequency rank: #23,887 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hordes"?
"hordes" is spelled H-O-R-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\.
What does "hordes" mean?
As a noun, "hordes" means: Pluriel de horde.
What words are commonly confused with "hordes"?
"hordes" is commonly confused with "hors", "hôtes", "horse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hordes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hordes" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hordes" come from?
"hordes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.