Hésiode
\e.zjɔd\
The verdict
“Hésiode” is uncommon French (frequency #63,060 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,060
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poète grec du VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hesiode · Hésiode · French
Hésiode · rank #63,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,060
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Héraclius
Nearest frequency peer: Héraclius (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Hésiode »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- huppés
huppés
36,945 corpus weight
- hébergeait
hébergeait
36,943 corpus weight
- Héraclius
Héraclius
36,942 corpus weight
- Hésiode
Hésiode
36,941 corpus weight
- imitateurs
imitateurs
36,938 corpus weight
- immatérielle
immatérielle
36,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hésiode » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hésiode |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.zjɔd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hésiode » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hésiode is uncommon French at frequency #63,060 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.zjɔd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poète grec du VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Hésiode, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Hésiode, spelled H-É-S-I-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Poète grec du VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
This word in other languages
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.
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