hashtag

/^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,900

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

hashtag is aFrenchnoun. It means: Mot-clé utilisé sur les réseaux sociaux ; le mot-clé est préfixé par un croisillon (signe #, appelé hash en anglais). Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\. Often confused with hasta and hashtags.

Key facts for hashtag
PropertyValue
Headwordhashtag
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,900
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hashtag is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,900 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hashtag, with forms such as "ahshtag", "hahstag", and "hashatg". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hasta", "hashtags", 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 hashtag, spelled H-A-S-H-T-A-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot-clé utilisé sur les réseaux sociaux ; le mot-clé est préfixé par un croisillon (signe #, appelé hash en anglais).
  2. 2
    Signe #, caractère informatique de code ASCII 35, dit croisillon, fréquemment dit dièse. On trouve aussi, très rarement, symbole numéro, signe numéro.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahshtag,hahstag,hashatg,hashhtag,hashtagg,hashtga,hashttag,hasshtag,hasthag,hhashtag,hsahtag

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hashtag

Misspelling Variants of "hashtag"

ahshtag7hahstag7hashatg7hashhtag8hashtagg8hashtga7hashttag8hasshtag8
Misspelling Variants of "hashtag"

Frequency rank: #15,900 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hashtag"?
"hashtag" is spelled H-A-S-H-T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\.
What does "hashtag" mean?
As a noun, "hashtag" means: Mot-clé utilisé sur les réseaux sociaux ; le mot-clé est préfixé par un croisillon (signe #, appelé hash en anglais).
What words are commonly confused with "hashtag"?
"hashtag" is commonly confused with "hasta", "hashtags". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hashtag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hashtag" is ^((h aspiré))\aʃ.taɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hashtag" come from?
"hashtag" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.