hameçon

\am.sɔ̃\

/\am.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“hameçon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,557
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Crochet en matière métallique, que l’on met au bout d’une ligne, avec de l’appât, pour prendre du poisson, et qui est souvent équipé d'un ardillon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hamecon · hameçon · French

hameçon · rank #34,557 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,557
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haineuse

Nearest frequency peer: haineuse (-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 « hameçon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hameçon » 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).

hameçon vs Hamon
57% similar
hameçon vs Hamelin
57% similar
hameçon vs Hampton
57% similar

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

Key facts for hameçon
PropertyValue
Headwordhameçon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\am.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,557
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hameçon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hameçonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « haineuse » (#34,556), « harmonica » (#34,558), « Hagen » (#34,555). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hameçon » est au #34,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hameçon (IPA \am.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,557 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hameçon, with forms such as "ahmeçon", "haemçon", and "hamecon". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Hamon", "Hamelin", "Hampton", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hameçon, spelled H-A-M-E-Ç-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Crochet en matière métallique, que l’on met au bout d’une ligne, avec de l’appât, pour prendre du poisson, et qui est souvent équipé d'un ardillon.
  2. 2
    Élément qui permet de capturer l'attention d'une personne.
  3. 3
    Épine crochue ou d’un poil recourbé.
  4. 4
    Insecte lépidoptère (papillon) de nuit de la famille des drépanidés (Drepanidae) dont les ailes sont de couleur brun-orange, les antérieures terminées en crochet étant comparées à un hameçon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il essaya de retirer son hameçon, le tordit, le tourna, mais en vain ; alors, pris d’impatience, il se mit à tirer, et tout le gosier saignant de la bête sortit avec un paquet d’entrailles.
  2. Un froid mouillé touchait sa paume, le mince corps se tordait au béement de la gueule translucide, si fragile que l’hameçon dont elle était percée semblait un croc de bronze monstrueux.

This word in other languages

hook(English)anzuelo(Español)Angelhaken(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahmeçon
  • haemçon
  • hamecon
  • hameoçn
  • hameçno
  • hameçonn
  • hammeçon
  • hamçeon
  • hhameçon
  • hmaeçon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hameçon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahmeçon2haemçon2hamecon1hameoçn2hameçno2hameçonn1hammeçon1hamçeon2
Edit distance from "hameçon"

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 "hameçon"?
"hameçon" is spelled H-A-M-E-Ç-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \am.sɔ̃\.
What does "hameçon" mean?
As a noun, "hameçon" means: Crochet en matière métallique, que l’on met au bout d’une ligne, avec de l’appât, pour prendre du poisson, et qui est souvent équipé d'un ardillon.
What words are commonly confused with "hameçon"?
"hameçon" is commonly confused with "Hamon", "Hamelin", "Hampton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hameçon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hameçon" is \am.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hameçon" come from?
"hameçon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gérance#34,554highway#34,560Guilhem#34,552forward#34,544

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

haineuse10 variantsimputer10 variantsflying10 variantsfloraux10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list