hermite

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

\ɛʁ.mit\

/\ɛʁ.mit\/ noun

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

The verdict

“hermite” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,653
frequency rank, French: 1,969
“H” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orthographe désuète de ermite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hermite · hermite · French

hermite · rank #45,653 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,653
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,969
PHOTO-FINISH hideuse

Nearest frequency peer: hideuse (+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.

habituées

54,352
Harald

54,350
hermite

54,348
hideuse

54,347
hindouisme

54,346
Hodgson

54,345

What this shows « hermite » 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).

hermite vs hésite

57% similar

hermite vs hernie

71% similar

hermite vs hérite

71% similar

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

Key facts for hermite
Property	Value
Headword	hermite
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛʁ.mit\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#45,653
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hermite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hermitese place ici:

#45,653

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hideuse » (#45,654), « Harald » (#45,651), « hindouisme » (#45,655). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hermite » est au #45,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hermite (IPA \ɛʁ.mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,653 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Orthographe désuète de ermite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hermite, with forms such as "ehrmite", "hemrite", and "herimte". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "hésite", "hernie", "hérite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hermite, spelled H-E-R-M-I-T-E.

Definition

1
Orthographe désuète de ermite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Désert que n’habitent plus ni les hermites ni les colombes !
Tenez, je me rappelle hermite. Il n’avait pas le sens commun ; car il indique un « esprit rude » dans le mot grec et il n’y a pas le moindre esprit rude dans le mot grec. Mais quand il s’est agi de l’écrire, normalement à la fois et simplement, ermite, il y eut soulèvement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ehrmite
hemrite
herimte
hermiet
hermitte
hermmite
hermtie
herrmite
hhermite
hremite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hermite - 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 "hermite"

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 "hermite"?

"hermite" is spelled H-E-R-M-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛʁ.mit\.

What does "hermite" mean?

As a noun, "hermite" means: Orthographe désuète de ermite.

What words are commonly confused with "hermite"?

"hermite" is commonly confused with "hésite", "hernie", "hérite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "hermite"?

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

What language does "hermite" come from?

"hermite" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hideuse#45,654 Hodgson#45,656 génoise#45,648 grossis#45,644

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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