hussard
^((h aspiré))\y.saʁ\
The verdict
“hussard” is uncommon French (frequency #62,349 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,349
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavalier hongrois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hussard · hussard · French
hussard · rank #62,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,349
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hundred
Nearest frequency peer: hundred (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hussard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- homéopathe
homéopathe
37,656 corpus weight
- homéopathiq…
homéopathiques
37,655 corpus weight
- houses
houses
37,654 corpus weight
- hundred
hundred
37,653 corpus weight
- hussard
hussard
37,652 corpus weight
- hypnotiques
hypnotiques
37,651 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hussard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hussard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\y.saʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hussard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hussard is uncommon French at frequency #62,349 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\y.saʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hussard, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hussard, spelled H-U-S-S-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Cavalier hongrois.
- 2Soldat du corps de cavalerie légère dont l’uniforme rappelait celui de la cavalerie hongroise.
- 3Militaire de la cavalerie légère blindée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hussard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là étaient les débris vivants des meurtrières rencontres des premiers jours : dragons, zouaves, chasseurs de Vincennes, turcos, soldats de la ligne, hussards, lanciers, tous hâves, silencieux, mornes, traînant ce qui leur restait de souffle.
Guerre vaine, où l’on ne capturera pas des chevau-légers bleus, des hussards blancs, mais dans la même veste grise, des garçons de café, des peintres de Dresde qui découpent déjà en cubes la sentinelle berrichonne qui les conduit à l'arrière.
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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