hermitage

\ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\

/\ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hermitage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,338
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-hermitage · hermitage · French

hermitage · rank #38,338 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hiatus

Nearest frequency peer: hiatus (+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 « hermitage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hermitage » 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).

hermitage vs hermite
78% similar
hermitage vs heritage
89% similar
hermitage vs héritages
67% similar

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

Key facts for hermitage
PropertyValue
Headwordhermitage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,338
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hermitage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hermitagese 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 « hiatus » (#38,339), « heard » (#38,336), « hispaniques » (#38,340). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hermitage » est au #38,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around hermitage (IPA \ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,338 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de ermitage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hermitage, with forms such as "ehrmitage", "hemritage", and "herimtage". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "hermite", "heritage", "héritages", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hermitage, spelled H-E-R-M-I-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de ermitage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cet hermite ne sort jamais de son hermitage.
  2. Directeur de l’hôtel-pension de l’Hermitage, il parle de se suicider parce que je lui fais remarquer qu’il eût été plus français d’écrire Ermitage sans h.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehrmitage
  • hemritage
  • herimtage
  • hermiatge
  • hermitaeg
  • hermitagge
  • hermitgae
  • hermittage
  • hermmitage
  • hermtiage
  • herrmitage
  • hhermitage
  • hremitage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hermitage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehrmitage2hemritage2herimtage2hermiatge2hermitaeg2hermitagge1hermitgae2hermittage1
Edit distance from "hermitage"

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 "hermitage"?
"hermitage" is spelled H-E-R-M-I-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\.
What does "hermitage" mean?
As a noun, "hermitage" means: Variante de ermitage.
What words are commonly confused with "hermitage"?
"hermitage" is commonly confused with "hermite", "heritage", "héritages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hermitage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hermitage" is \ɛʁ.mi.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hermitage" come from?
"hermitage" 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 "hermitage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hivernage#38,341géologues#38,330humanoïde#38,348indicible#38,362

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

gonflent13 variantsgardaient13 variantsinvoquent13 variantsKimberly13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list