hecto
French, noun/ɛk.to/
hecto is spelled H-E-C-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hecto is a French masculine noun meaning “hectolitre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hectolitre”.
What does hecto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehectolitre
prefix
- 1
hecto-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Dans le Système international et d’autres systèmes métriques, multiplie une unité de mesure par cent (100 ou 10²). Son symbole est h.
noun: 1. Hectolitre. 2. Hectogramme.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hecto
- hectos plural
- hect-
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hecto?
- /ɛk.to/
- \ɛk.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hecto in French?
hecto appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).