hésitants
\e.zi.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“hésitants” is uncommon French (frequency #54,637 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,637
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de hésitant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hesitants · hésitants · French
hésitants · rank #54,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,637
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH héritières
Nearest frequency peer: héritières (-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 « hésitants »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hébergeant
hébergeant
45,367 corpus weight
- hégire
hégire
45,366 corpus weight
- héritières
héritières
45,365 corpus weight
- hésitants
hésitants
45,364 corpus weight
- ibériques
ibériques
45,363 corpus weight
- identificat…
identifications
45,362 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hésitants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hésitants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.zi.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hésitants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hésitants is uncommon French at frequency #54,637 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.zi.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de hésitant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hésitants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hésitants, spelled H-É-S-I-T-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de hésitant.
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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