hourd
^((h aspiré))\uʁ\
The verdict
“hourd” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estrade, échafaudage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hourd · hourd · French
hourd · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | hourd |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\uʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hourd is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\uʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hourd, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hourd, spelled H-O-U-R-D.
Definition
- 1Estrade, échafaudage.
- 2Galerie en bois placée au sommet et en surplomb d’une muraille de laquelle on peut lancer des projectiles sur l’ennemi depuis son plancher ajouré. À partir du XV^(ème) siècle, ils furent remplacés par les mâchicoulis en pierre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hourd appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[La tour de Constance] a conservé ses hourds du Moyen Âge : couronnements de bois ajustés en encorbellement qui protégeaient les défenseurs des créneaux.
Ce n’est pas tout : le sommet des tours était garni de hourds en charpente que l’on posait également en temps de guerre.
This word in other languages
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.