hépatite

Name: hépatite, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\e.pa.tit\

/\e.pa.tit\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“hépatite” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,559
frequency rank, French: 1,969
“H” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation du foie. Son origine peut être virale, microbienne, auto-immune, parasitaire, ou autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hepatite · hépatite · French

hépatite · rank #19,559 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #19,559
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 1,969
PHOTO-FINISH hub

Nearest frequency peer: hub (-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.

Hilton

80,445
Holland

80,444
hub

80,443
hépatite

80,442
identitaires

80,441
immédiats

80,440

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

hépatite vs hépatique

78% similar

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

Key facts for hépatite
Property	Value
Headword	hépatite
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\e.pa.tit\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#19,559
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hépatite »

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

#19,559

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hub » (#19,558), « identitaires » (#19,560), « Holland » (#19,557). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hépatite » est au #19,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around hépatite (IPA \e.pa.tit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,559 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hépatite, with forms such as "hepatite", "hhépatite", and "hpéatite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hépatique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hépatite, spelled H-É-P-A-T-I-T-E.

Definition

1
Inflammation du foie. Son origine peut être virale, microbienne, auto-immune, parasitaire, ou autre.
2
Pierre précieuse, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle est de la couleur du foie.
3
Sulfate de baryum naturel, incolore, blanc, ou clair. Elle dégage une odeur fétide quand elle est cassée ou écrasée. C’est une variété particulière de baryte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Les contre-indications permanentes concernent les infections actives connues pour être transmissibles par le sang (hépatites virales, syphilis, infection par le VIH ou par le HTLV, maladie de Chagas, paludisme).
Des choses simples, un ulcère duodénal, une colopathie fonctionnelle, et parfois des choses plus compliquées, une hépatite, une maladie de Crohn, un cancer du côlon…

This word in other languages

hepatitis(English)hepatitis(Español)Leberentzündung(Deutsch)hepatite(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hepatite
hhépatite
hpéatite
héaptite
hépaitte
hépatiet
hépatitte
hépattie
hépattite
héppatite
héptaite
éhpatite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hépatite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "hépatite"

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 "hépatite"?

"hépatite" is spelled H-É-P-A-T-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pa.tit\.

What does "hépatite" mean?

As a noun, "hépatite" means: Inflammation du foie. Son origine peut être virale, microbienne, auto-immune, parasitaire, ou autre.

What words are commonly confused with "hépatite"?

"hépatite" is commonly confused with "hépatique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "hépatite"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hépatite" is \e.pa.tit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hépatite" come from?

"hépatite" 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 "hépatite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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