hémisphère

\e.mis.fɛʁ\

/\e.mis.fɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hémisphère” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,148. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,148
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moitié d’une sphère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hemisphere · hémisphère · French

hémisphère · rank #16,148 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,148
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH héréditaire

Nearest frequency peer: héréditaire (+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 « hémisphère »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hémisphère » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hémisphère vs hémisphères
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hémisphère
PropertyValue
Headwordhémisphère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.mis.fɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,148
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hémisphère »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hémisphèrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « héréditaire » (#16,149), « généalogie » (#16,146), « impliquent » (#16,150). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hémisphère » est au #16,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around hémisphère (IPA \e.mis.fɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,148 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for hémisphère, with forms such as "hemisphere", "hhémisphère", and "hméisphère". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hémisphères", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hémisphère, spelled H-É-M-I-S-P-H-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moitié d’une sphère.
  2. 2
    Une des moitiés du globe terrestre.
  3. 3
    Moitié droite ou gauche du cerveau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vers l’est, l’océan nuageux s’étendait bleu sombre à perte de vue, et Bert crut qu’il contemplait l’hémisphère entier du monde.
  2. J’avais, l’avant-veille, aperçu pour la dernière fois l’étoile polaire, et je disais adieu, peut-être pour des années, à l’hémisphère septentrional.

This word in other languages

hemisphere(English)hemisferio(Español)Halbkugel(Deutsch)hemisfério(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hemisphere
  • hhémisphère
  • hméisphère
  • héimsphère
  • hémipshère
  • hémishpère
  • hémisphhère
  • hémisphrèe
  • hémisphèer
  • hémisphèrre
  • hémispphère
  • hémispèhre
  • hémissphère
  • hémmisphère
  • hémsiphère
  • éhmisphère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hémisphère - 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.

hemisphere2hhémisphère1hméisphère2héimsphère2hémipshère2hémishpère2hémisphhère1hémisphrèe2
Edit distance from "hémisphère"

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 "hémisphère"?
"hémisphère" is spelled H-É-M-I-S-P-H-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mis.fɛʁ\.
What does "hémisphère" mean?
As a noun, "hémisphère" means: Moitié d’une sphère.
What words are commonly confused with "hémisphère"?
"hémisphère" is commonly confused with "hémisphères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hémisphère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hémisphère" is \e.mis.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hémisphère" come from?
"hémisphère" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

généalogie#16,146impliquent#16,150inhabituel#16,155interpelle#16,158

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

héréditaire16 variantsinstituteur16 variantsfonctionnait16 variantsinvitations16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list