hurle

^((h aspiré))\yʁl\

/^((h aspiré))\yʁl\/ verb

The verdict

“hurle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,282
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hurler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hurle · hurle · French

hurle · rank #14,282 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,282
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH humilier

Nearest frequency peer: humilier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hurle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hurle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hurle vs hurt
60% similar
hurle vs hutte
60% similar
hurle vs hurler
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hurle
PropertyValue
Headwordhurle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\yʁl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,282
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hurle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hurlese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « humilier » (#14,281), « IBM » (#14,283), « horizontale » (#14,280). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hurle » est au #14,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around hurle (IPA ^((h aspiré))\yʁl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,282 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hurle, with forms such as "hhurle", "hrule", and "hulre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hurt", "hutte", "hurler", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hurler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hurler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hurler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hurler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de hurler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tout s’étale en violence, les formes, les machines, le minium qui explose, le bleu qui hurle, les casques jaunes des ouvriers qui puceronnent sur les flancs d’un méthanier en construction.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhurle
  • hrule
  • hulre
  • hurel
  • hurlle
  • hurrle
  • uhrle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hurle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhurle1hrule2hulre2hurel2hurlle1hurrle1uhrle2
Edit distance from "hurle"

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 "hurle"?
"hurle" is spelled H-U-R-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\yʁl\.
What does "hurle" mean?
As a verb, "hurle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hurler.
What words are commonly confused with "hurle"?
"hurle" is commonly confused with "hurt", "hutte", "hurler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hurle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hurle" is ^((h aspiré))\yʁl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hurle" come from?
"hurle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list