hurler

^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\

/^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“hurler” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,012
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser des cris prolongés, en parlant des loups et des chiens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hurler · hurler · French

hurler · rank #10,012 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,012
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hauteurs

Nearest frequency peer: hauteurs (-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 « hurler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hurler » 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).

hurler vs Huxley
50% similar
hurler vs Hurley
67% similar
hurler vs huer
67% similar

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

Key facts for hurler
PropertyValue
Headwordhurler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,012
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hurler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hurlerse 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 « hauteurs » (#10,011), « hypocrite » (#10,013), « Hassan » (#10,010). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hurler » est au #10,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hurler (IPA ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,012 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hurler, with forms such as "hhurler", "hruler", and "hulrer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Huxley", "Hurley", "huer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hurler, spelled H-U-R-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousser des cris prolongés, en parlant des loups et des chiens.
  2. 2
    Pousser des cris humains, dans la douleur, dans la colère, l’exaltation, etc.
  3. 3
    Parler, crier, chanter très fort, de toutes ses forces.
  4. 4
    Parler avec emportement, avec le ton de la fureur.
  5. 5
    Rendre un bruit semblable à un hurlement prolongé.
  6. 6
    Alerter.
  7. 7
    Rire intensément. Souligner un caractère dérisoire.
  8. 8
    Témoigner un fort sentiment d’étonnement, voire de perplexité, d’irritation ou au contraire d’enthousiasme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On entend les loups hurler.
  2. Ce chien a hurlé toute la nuit, a hurlé à la lune.

This word in other languages

howl(English)aullar(Español)heulen(Deutsch)urrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhurler
  • hruler
  • hulrer
  • hurelr
  • hurlerr
  • hurller
  • hurlre
  • hurrler
  • uhrler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hurler - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhurler1hruler2hulrer2hurelr2hurlerr1hurller1hurlre2hurrler1
Edit distance from "hurler"

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 "hurler"?
"hurler" is spelled H-U-R-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\.
What does "hurler" mean?
As a verb, "hurler" means: Pousser des cris prolongés, en parlant des loups et des chiens.
What words are commonly confused with "hurler"?
"hurler" is commonly confused with "Huxley", "Hurley", "huer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hurler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hurler" is ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hurler" come from?
"hurler" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hassan#10,010livrée#10,026engins#9,994Mickey#10,032

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fardeau9 variantspenche9 variantsconnaisse9 variantssinges9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list