hurlement
^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“hurlement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,858
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Action de hurler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hurlement · hurlement · French
hurlement · rank #37,858 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,858
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hydre
Nearest frequency peer: hydre (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hurlement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hautbois
hautbois
62,147 corpus weight
- Hayley
Hayley
62,146 corpus weight
- hilarante
hilarante
62,145 corpus weight
- hurlement
hurlement
62,143 corpus weight
- hydre
hydre
62,142 corpus weight
- identifiez
identifiez
62,139 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hurlement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hurlement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #37,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hurlement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around hurlement (IPA ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,858 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for hurlement, with forms such as "hhurlement", "hrulement", and "hulrement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hurlent", "hurlements", "humblement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 hurlement, spelled H-U-R-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de hurler.
- 2Bruit sinistre semblable au cri qui résulte de cette action.
- 3Cri du loup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hurlement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit était complètement venue, le désert s’éveillait peu à peu ; les hurlements des bêtes fauves résonnaient déjà dans la prairie.
– Si je pouvais l'instrumenter à ma guise, peut-être la guérirais-je. – Comment cela ? – En la rouant de coups. J'ai guéri de la sorte vingt paysannes dans un village où s'était déclarée cette furieuse folie russe, le hurlement ; une femme se met à hurler, sa commère hurle. Au bout de trois jours, tout un village hurle. À force de les rosser, j'en suis ve…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhurlement
- hrulement
- hulrement
- hurelment
- hurleemnt
- hurlemennt
- hurlementt
- hurlemetn
- hurlemment
- hurlemnet
- hurllement
- hurlmeent
- hurrlement
- uhrlement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hurlement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hurlement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.