hourras
^((h aspiré))\u.ʁa\
The verdict
“hourras” is uncommon French (frequency #92,828 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,828
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hourra.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hourras · hourras · French
hourras · rank #92,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,828
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hotspots
Nearest frequency peer: hotspots (-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 « hourras »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hotspots
hotspots
7,174 corpus weight
- hourras
hourras
7,173 corpus weight
- household
household
7,172 corpus weight
- hoyos
hoyos
7,171 corpus weight
- Hubei
Hubei
7,169 corpus weight
- huiler
huiler
7,168 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hourras » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hourras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hourras » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hourras is uncommon French at frequency #92,828 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hourra.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hourras in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hourras, spelled H-O-U-R-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hourra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hourras appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dimanche de premier tour, après les larmes et les hourras de 20 heures, les saluts kennediens à la foule depuis le balcon du QG ou à la portière de sa berline, après une entrée en couple, façon vedette américaine, sur la scène du palais des congrès de la porte de Versailles, les minibus filent donc vers Montparnasse.
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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