haplographie

\a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\

/\a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“haplographie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Omission accidentelle d’une lettre (ou un groupe de lettres) qui devrait être doublée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haplographie · haplographie · French

haplographie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for haplographie
PropertyValue
Headwordhaplographie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « haplographie » en français

haplographiereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

haplographie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Omission accidentelle d’une lettre (ou un groupe de lettres) qui devrait être doublée.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for haplographie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is haplographie, spelled H-A-P-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Omission accidentelle d’une lettre (ou un groupe de lettres) qui devrait être doublée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par exemple, il y a haplographie lorsque l’on écrit « philogue » au lieu de « philologue ».
  2. Nous avons suivi ici la correction proposée par Stangl qui suppose une haplographie.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "haplographie"?
"haplographie" is spelled H-A-P-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "haplographie" mean?
As a noun, "haplographie" means: Omission accidentelle d’une lettre (ou un groupe de lettres) qui devrait être doublée.
How do you pronounce "haplographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haplographie" is \a.plɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haplographie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list