horses
\ˈhɔɹ.sɪz\
The verdict
“horses” is uncommon French (frequency #80,282 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,282
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de horse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɔɹ.sɪz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “horses” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
horses is uncommon French at frequency #80,282 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɔɹ.sɪz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de horse.".
horses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is horses, spelled H-O-R-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de horse.
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 “horses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-R-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.