hanter

/^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,392

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hanter is aFrenchverb. It means: Fréquenter quelqu’un que l’on suppose de mauvaise influence ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\. Often confused with hate and haute.

Key facts for hanter
PropertyValue
Headwordhanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,392
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hanter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hanter is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,392 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hanter, with forms such as "ahnter", "hanetr", and "hannter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hate", "haute", "honte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hanter, spelled H-A-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fréquenter quelqu’un que l’on suppose de mauvaise influence ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence.
  2. 2
    Fréquenter quelque lieu mal famé ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence.
  3. 3
    Revenir de l’autre monde, en parlant des esprits.
  4. 4
    Remplir, occuper de manière tenace la mémoire ou la pensée de quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Fréquenter, un endroit ou quelqu'un, sans connotation négative.
  6. 6
    , courtiser, sortir avec.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahnter,hanetr,hannter,hanterr,hantre,hantter,hatner,hhanter,hnater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hanter

Misspelling Variants of "hanter"

ahnter6hanetr6hannter7hanterr7hantre6hantter7hatner6hhanter7
Misspelling Variants of "hanter"

Frequency rank: #26,392 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hanter"?
"hanter" is spelled H-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\.
What does "hanter" mean?
As a verb, "hanter" means: Fréquenter quelqu’un que l’on suppose de mauvaise influence ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence.
What words are commonly confused with "hanter"?
"hanter" is commonly confused with "hate", "haute", "honte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hanter" is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hanter" come from?
"hanter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.