Horta
The verdict
“Horta” is uncommon French (frequency #65,214 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,214
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Municipalité portugaise située dans les Açores.
Corpus desk
Index FR-horta · Horta · French
Horta · rank #65,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,214
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hiérarchiquem…
Nearest frequency peer: hiérarchiquement (-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 « Horta »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Highlander
Highlander
34,791 corpus weight
- Hines
Hines
34,790 corpus weight
- hiérarchiqu…
hiérarchiquement
34,788 corpus weight
- Horta
Horta
34,787 corpus weight
- hubs
hubs
34,785 corpus weight
- hyperinflat…
hyperinflation
34,784 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Horta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Horta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Horta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Horta is uncommon French at frequency #65,214 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Municipalité portugaise située dans les Açores.".
Horta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Horta, spelled H-O-R-T-A.
Definition
- 1Municipalité portugaise située dans les Açores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Horta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les 70 skippers de la course mini ont pris jeudi le départ à Horta de la 2ème étape de Les Sables-les-Açores-les Sables (SAS) 2022.
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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