hormis

^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\/ prep

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The verdict

“hormis” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,447
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La chose suivante n’étant pas concernée, pas incluse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hormis · hormis · French

hormis · rank #7,447 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,447
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH grise

Nearest frequency peer: grise (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hormis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hormis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hormis vs hors
67% similar
hormis vs Horus
50% similar
hormis vs Homs
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hormis
PropertyValue
Headwordhormis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,447
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hormis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hormisse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grise » (#7,446), « hélicoptère » (#7,448), « gravement » (#7,445). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hormis » est au #7,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hormis (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #7,447 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "La chose suivante n’étant pas concernée, pas incluse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hormis, with forms such as "hhormis", "homris", and "horims". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "hors", "Horus", "Homs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hormis, spelled H-O-R-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    La chose suivante n’étant pas concernée, pas incluse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Personne ne le pleura; on ne vit personne auprès de son cadavre, hormis la silhouette habituelle de l’inspecteur police et la mine indifférente du médecin municipal.
  2. Une seule usine, employant une vingtaine d’ouvriers, existe à Vatan et la main-d’œuvre masculine, hormis celle du bâtiment, se voit contrainte d’aller travailler dans les villes voisines.

Synonyms

en dehors deexceptémis à partsaufsi ce n’est

This word in other languages

except(English)excepto(Español)außer(Deutsch)exceto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhormis
  • homris
  • horims
  • hormiss
  • hormmis
  • hormsi
  • horrmis
  • hromis
  • ohrmis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hormis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhormis1homris2horims2hormiss1hormmis1hormsi2horrmis1hromis2
Edit distance from "hormis"

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 "hormis"?
"hormis" is spelled H-O-R-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\.
What does "hormis" mean?
As a preposition, "hormis" means: La chose suivante n’étant pas concernée, pas incluse.
What words are commonly confused with "hormis"?
"hormis" is commonly confused with "hors", "Horus", "Homs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hormis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hormis" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔʁ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hormis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list