humeur

/^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,265

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

humeur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Toute substance liquide qui se trouve dans un organisme. Pronounced ^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\. It ranks #3,265 in French word frequency. Often confused with humus and humour.

Key facts for humeur
PropertyValue
Headwordhumeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,265
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of humeur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for humeur is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,265 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for humeur, with forms such as "hhumeur", "hmueur", and "huemur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "humus", "humour", "humeurs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is humeur, spelled H-U-M-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toute substance liquide qui se trouve dans un organisme.
  2. 2
    État d’esprit plus ou moins durable, particulièrement en ce qu’il est plutôt agréable ou non.
  3. 3
    Une disposition chagrine ; un mécontentement.
  4. 4
    Fantaisie, caprice.
  5. 5
    C’est un homme d’humeur, C’est un homme capricieux et d’humeur inégale.
  6. 6
    Certain penchant à la plaisanterie, d’une certaine originalité facétieuse. Dans ce sens, on emploie maintenant plutôt le mot humour.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhumeur,hmueur,huemur,humeru,humeurr,hummeur,humuer,uhmeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for humeur

Misspelling Variants of "humeur"

hhumeur7hmueur6huemur6humeru6humeurr7hummeur7humuer6uhmeur6
Misspelling Variants of "humeur"

Frequency rank: #3,265 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humeur"?
"humeur" is spelled H-U-M-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\.
What does "humeur" mean?
As a noun, "humeur" means: Toute substance liquide qui se trouve dans un organisme.
What words are commonly confused with "humeur"?
"humeur" is commonly confused with "humus", "humour", "humeurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humeur" is ^((h muet))\y.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humeur" come from?
"humeur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.