Huysmans
\ɥis.mɑ̃s\
The verdict
“Huysmans” is uncommon French (frequency #53,400 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,400
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille néerlandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-huysmans · Huysmans · French
Huysmans · rank #53,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,400
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hutton
Nearest frequency peer: Hutton (-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 « Huysmans »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hunting
hunting
46,604 corpus weight
- hurricane
hurricane
46,603 corpus weight
- Hutton
Hutton
46,602 corpus weight
- Huysmans
Huysmans
46,601 corpus weight
- hypothétiqu…
hypothétiquement
46,600 corpus weight
- hâtivement
hâtivement
46,599 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Huysmans » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Huysmans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɥis.mɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Huysmans » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Huysmans is uncommon French at frequency #53,400 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɥis.mɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille néerlandais.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Huysmans in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Huysmans, spelled H-U-Y-S-M-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille néerlandais.
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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