hyperparameter
noun
hyperparameter is a noun meaning “A parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-A-R-A-M-E-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperparameter is hyperparameters.
What does hyperparameter mean?
noun
- 1
A parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis).
this model has four hyperparameters
- 2
A parameter whose value is set before the learning process begins.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperparameter
- hyperparameters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperparameter?
Hyperparameter appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperparameter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Bayesian statistics: parameter of a prior:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hyperparamètre |
| German | Hyperparameter |
| Portuguese | hiperparâmetro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperparameter come from?
From hyper- + parameter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).