hune
^((h aspiré))\yn\
The verdict
“hune” is uncommon French (frequency #84,882 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,882
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de plate-forme élevée qui est en saillie autour des mâts et qui sert à soutenir les hommes chargés des manœuvres hautes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hune · hune · French
hune · rank #84,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,882
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH honk
Nearest frequency peer: honk (-3 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 « hune »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hoggar
Hoggar
15,124 corpus weight
- homemade
homemade
15,123 corpus weight
- honk
honk
15,122 corpus weight
- hune
hune
15,119 corpus weight
- icons
icons
15,115 corpus weight
- idylliques
idylliques
15,114 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hune » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\yn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hune » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hune is uncommon French at frequency #84,882 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\yn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hune, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hune, spelled H-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de plate-forme élevée qui est en saillie autour des mâts et qui sert à soutenir les hommes chargés des manœuvres hautes.
- 2Grosse pièce de bois terminée par deux tourillons et à laquelle une cloche est suspendue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais une épave, un reste de carcasse, le tronçon d’un mât, une hune brisée, quelques planches, cela résiste, cela surnage, cela ne peut fondre !
— Où était la reine, pendant ces trois jours? — Sur le point, étendue. — Et Pâris. Dans la hune?
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.
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