horrend
\hɔˈʁɛnt\
The verdict
“horrend” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énorme, exorbitant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-horrend · horrend · French
horrend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horrend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \hɔˈʁɛnt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
horrend is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \hɔˈʁɛnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énorme, exorbitant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for horrend, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is horrend, spelled H-O-R-R-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Énorme, exorbitant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how horrend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Horrende Preise bei Immobilien.
Seit sich die Weltwirtschaft von der Corona-Krise erholt ist der Energiebedarf erheblich gestiegen – seit Monaten werden Energieträger wie Erdgas und Öl zu horrenden Preisen gehandelt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.