hacker

^((h aspiré))\a.ke\

/^((h aspiré))\a.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“hacker” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,399
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Générique) Modifier ou améliorer tout et n’importe quoi (logiciel et matériel, informatique ou non)… Pas par nécessité, mais par curiosité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hacker · hacker · French

hacker · rank #15,399 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,399
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH habituée

Nearest frequency peer: habituée (-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 « hacker »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hacker » 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).

hacker vs hâter
50% similar
hacker vs hockey
67% similar
hacker vs harper
67% similar

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

Key facts for hacker
PropertyValue
Headwordhacker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.ke\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,399
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hacker »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hackerse 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 « habituée » (#15,398), « hangar » (#15,400), « guéri » (#15,397). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hacker » est au #15,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hacker (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,399 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hacker, with forms such as "ahcker", "haccker", and "hacekr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "hâter", "hockey", "harper", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hacker, spelled H-A-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Générique) Modifier ou améliorer tout et n’importe quoi (logiciel et matériel, informatique ou non)… Pas par nécessité, mais par curiosité.
  2. 2
    Explorer, fouiller, sonder, bricoler, bidouiller un système d’information, un matériel ou système informatique, par culture numérique ou jeu.
  3. 3
    Réussir à déjouer les mesures de sécurité d’un système informatique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si vous voulez hacker votre vieille voiture, passez voir du côté du Bulgare Marian HackMan Marinov. Celui-ci a expliqué jeudi comment il avait transformé son véhicule vieux d'une dizaine d’années en engin high-tech, climatisé et contrôlé à distance via SMS grâce à des logiciels libres.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahcker
  • haccker
  • hacekr
  • hackerr
  • hackker
  • hackre
  • hakcer
  • hcaker
  • hhacker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hacker - 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.

ahcker2haccker1hacekr2hackerr1hackker1hackre2hakcer2hcaker2
Edit distance from "hacker"

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 "hacker"?
"hacker" is spelled H-A-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.ke\.
What does "hacker" mean?
As a verb, "hacker" means: (Générique) Modifier ou améliorer tout et n’importe quoi (logiciel et matériel, informatique ou non)… Pas par nécessité, mais par curiosité.
What words are commonly confused with "hacker"?
"hacker" is commonly confused with "hâter", "hockey", "harper". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hacker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hacker" is ^((h aspiré))\a.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hacker" come from?
"hacker" 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 "hacker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list