hémione
\e.mjɔn\
The verdict
“hémione” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Équidé, espèce d’âne sauvage en voie de disparition et vivant en Sibérie méridionale, ainsi que dans le Turkestan et la Mongolie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hemione · hémione · French
hémione · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | hémione |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.mjɔn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hémione is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.mjɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Équidé, espèce d’âne sauvage en voie de disparition et vivant en Sibérie méridionale, ainsi que dans le Turkestan et la Mongolie.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hémione in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hémione, spelled H-É-M-I-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Équidé, espèce d’âne sauvage en voie de disparition et vivant en Sibérie méridionale, ainsi que dans le Turkestan et la Mongolie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hémione appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On l’appelle onagre (onos – âne, et agrios – sauvage) ou hémione (demi-âne), mais on ne le rencontre pas communément.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.