horeca

\o.ʁe.ka\

/\o.ʁe.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“horeca” is uncommon French (frequency #80,281 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,281
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hôtellerie-restauration, (secteur comprenant l’hôtellerie, la restauration, les cafés).

Corpus desk

Index FR-horeca · horeca · French

horeca · rank #80,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,281
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hernies

Nearest frequency peer: hernies (-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 « horeca »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « horeca » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for horeca
PropertyValue
Headwordhoreca
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.ʁe.ka\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,281
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « horeca » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.horecatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « hernies » (#80,280), « horses » (#80,282), « hema » (#80,279). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « horeca » est au #80,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

horeca is uncommon French at frequency #80,281 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.ʁe.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hôtellerie-restauration, (secteur comprenant l’hôtellerie, la restauration, les cafés).".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for horeca, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is horeca, spelled H-O-R-E-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hôtellerie-restauration, (secteur comprenant l’hôtellerie, la restauration, les cafés).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how horeca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce sont les secteurs de l’horeca, des transports et communications et de l’immobilier, leasing et services aux entreprises qui affichent la proportion la plus élevée de crédit bancaire au sein de l’endettement total.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horeca"?
"horeca" is spelled H-O-R-E-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ʁe.ka\.
What does "horeca" mean?
As a noun, "horeca" means: Hôtellerie-restauration, (secteur comprenant l’hôtellerie, la restauration, les cafés).
How do you pronounce "horeca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horeca" is \o.ʁe.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horeca" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "horeca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list