hébéter
\e.be.te\
The verdict
“hébéter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre stupide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hebeter · hébéter · French
hébéter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hébéter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.be.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hébéter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hébéter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.be.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre stupide.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hébéter, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hébéter, spelled H-É-B-É-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hébéter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déjà néanmoins les fleurs avaient été froissées, les yeux s’hébétaient, et l’ivresse gagnait, selon l’expression de Rabelais, jusqu’aux sandales.
« Voilà sans doute la lie de la France, pensait Lucien ; cela est bête et vendu. Mais du moins cela n’a pas peur et ne regrette pas le passé, et ils n’hébètent pas leurs enfants en les réduisant pour toute lecture à la Journée du Chrétien.
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.