humer

^((h aspiré))\y.me\

/^((h aspiré))\y.me\/ verb

The verdict

“humer” is uncommon French (frequency #68,347 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,347
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspirer doucement un liquide ou un gaz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-humer · humer · French

humer · rank #68,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,347
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH huck

Nearest frequency peer: huck (-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 « humer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « humer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for humer
PropertyValue
Headwordhumer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\y.me\
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « humer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).humertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « huck » (#68,346), « hydrographiques » (#68,348), « Hossegor » (#68,345). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « humer » est au #68,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

humer is uncommon French at frequency #68,347 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\y.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for humer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 humer, spelled H-U-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aspirer doucement un liquide ou un gaz.
  2. 2
    Respirer, sentir, flairer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how humer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Fatigué du vacarme des réjouissances qui battaient leur plein au château, Sir Trystan Delanyea déambulait sur le chemin de ronde du rempart en humant à pleins poumons l'air frais du dehors.
  2. Humer un bouillon.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humer"?
"humer" is spelled H-U-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\y.me\.
What does "humer" mean?
As a verb, "humer" means: Aspirer doucement un liquide ou un gaz.
How do you pronounce "humer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humer" is ^((h aspiré))\y.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list