hecto-
\ɛk.to\
The verdict
“hecto-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par cent (100 ou 10²). Son symbole est h.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hecto · hecto- · French
hecto- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | hecto- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | \ɛk.to\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hecto-” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hecto- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed \ɛk.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par cent (100 ou 10²). Son symbole est h.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hecto-, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hecto-, spelled H-E-C-T-O--.
Definition
- 1Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par cent (100 ou 10²). Son symbole est h.
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