hectolitre
\ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\
The verdict
“hectolitre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 100 (10²) litres, et dont le symbole est hL.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hectolitre · hectolitre · French
hectolitre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hectolitre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hectolitre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hectolitre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 100 (10²) litres, et dont le symbole est hL.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hectolitre in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hectolitre, spelled H-E-C-T-O-L-I-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de volume en dehors du Système international (mais dont l’usage est accepté avec le SI), valant 100 (10²) litres, et dont le symbole est hL.
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