hectolitres

\ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\

/\ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hectolitres” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,058
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hectolitre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hectolitres · hectolitres · French

hectolitres · rank #31,058 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,058
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH heller

Nearest frequency peer: heller (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hectolitres »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hectolitres » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hectolitres
PropertyValue
Headwordhectolitres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#31,058
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hectolitres »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hectolitresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « heller » (#31,059), « habillées » (#31,056), « hirondelle » (#31,060). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hectolitres » est au #31,058. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around hectolitres (IPA \ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,058 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de hectolitre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for hectolitres, with forms such as "ehctolitres", "hcetolitres", and "hecctolitres". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hectolitres, spelled H-E-C-T-O-L-I-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de hectolitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hectolitres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si la saveur vinaigrée a disparu, on trouve de suite par un calcul simple la proportion de tartrate à employer pour désacétifier un ou plusieurs hectolitres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehctolitres
  • hcetolitres
  • hecctolitres
  • hecotlitres
  • hectloitres
  • hectoiltres
  • hectolirtes
  • hectoliters
  • hectolitress
  • hectolitrres
  • hectolitrse
  • hectolittres
  • hectollitres
  • hectoltires
  • hecttolitres
  • hetcolitres
  • hhectolitres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hectolitres - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehctolitres2hcetolitres2hecctolitres1hecotlitres2hectloitres2hectoiltres2hectolirtes2hectoliters2
Edit distance from "hectolitres"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hectolitres"?
"hectolitres" is spelled H-E-C-T-O-L-I-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\.
What does "hectolitres" mean?
As a noun, "hectolitres" means: Pluriel de hectolitre.
What are common misspellings of "hectolitres"?
Common misspellings include "ehctolitres", "hcetolitres", "hecctolitres", "hecotlitres", "hectloitres". The correct spelling is "hectolitres".
How do you pronounce "hectolitres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hectolitres" is \ɛk.tɔ.litʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hectolitres" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hectolitres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list