hummer
\ˈhʌ.mə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“hummer” is uncommon French (frequency #54,630 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,630
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Véhicule tactique militaire, 4×4, propulsé au diésel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hummer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhʌ.mə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hummer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hummer is uncommon French at frequency #54,630 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhʌ.mə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hummer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hummer, spelled H-U-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Véhicule tactique militaire, 4×4, propulsé au diésel.
- 2Fellation.
- 3Chose exceptionnellement bonne.
- 4Arrestation pour quelque chose qu'une personne n'a pas fait.
- 5Arrestation pour une infraction mineure qui mène à des charges plus sérieuses.
- 6Erreur mineure.
- 7Blague.
- 8Avion de type Grumman E-2.
- 9Sandwich à base de plusieurs tranches de pains chauffés au grill et où se trouvent entre les étages de la viande, des crudités, du fromage et de la sauce
Synonyms
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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Using “hummer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-U-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.