haut-commissaire
^((h aspiré))\o.kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\
The verdict
“haut-commissaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est à la tête d’un haut-commissariat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haut-commissaire · haut-commissaire · French
haut-commissaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haut-commissaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\o.kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haut-commissaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haut-commissaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\o.kɔ.mi.sɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
haut-commissaire has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is haut-commissaire, spelled H-A-U-T---C-O-M-M-I-S-S-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui est à la tête d’un haut-commissariat.
- 2High commissioner, ambassadeur d’un pays du Commonwealth dans un autre pays du Commonwealth.
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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.