hémicycle
\e.mi.sikl\
The verdict
“hémicycle” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,293
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu en demi-cercle, amphithéâtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hemicycle · hémicycle · French
hémicycle · rank #22,293 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,293
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hiroshima
Nearest frequency peer: Hiroshima (-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 « hémicycle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- heat
heat
77,711 corpus weight
- Hiroshima
Hiroshima
77,709 corpus weight
- hémicycle
hémicycle
77,708 corpus weight
- idéaliste
idéaliste
77,707 corpus weight
- imprimées
imprimées
77,706 corpus weight
- incondition…
inconditionnel
77,705 corpus weight
What this shows « hémicycle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hémicycle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.mi.sikl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hémicycle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around hémicycle (IPA \e.mi.sikl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,293 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hémicycle, with forms such as "hemicycle", "hhémicycle", and "hméicycle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hémicycle, spelled H-É-M-I-C-Y-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu en demi-cercle, amphithéâtre.
- 2Salle plénière de la chambre des députés de la République française.
- 3Dispositif en bois qui sert à soutenir les pierres d’une voûte en construction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hémicycle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous nous pressions avec un battement de cœur dans l’hémicycle de l'École des Beaux-Arts, où M. Taine enseignait pendant les quatre mois d'hiver.
Je suis assise dans l’hémicycle désolé et j’y ai cueilli une grenade que l’insouciant été n’a pas mûrie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hemicycle
- hhémicycle
- hméicycle
- héimcycle
- hémciycle
- hémiccycle
- hémiccyle
- hémicyccle
- hémicycel
- hémicyclle
- hémicylce
- hémicyycle
- hémiyccle
- hémmicycle
- éhmicycle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hémicycle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).