hésitez

^((h muet))\e.zi.te\

/^((h muet))\e.zi.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“hésitez” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,097
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de hésiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hesitez · hésitez · French

hésitez · rank #6,097 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,097
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH héritier

Nearest frequency peer: héritier (-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 « hésitez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hésitez » 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).

hésitez vs hésite
86% similar
hésitez vs hérite
71% similar
hésitez vs hésita
71% similar

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

Key facts for hésitez
PropertyValue
Headwordhésitez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h muet))\e.zi.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,097
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hésitez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hésitezse 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 « héritier » (#6,096), « hôte » (#6,098), « home » (#6,095). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hésitez » est au #6,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around hésitez (IPA ^((h muet))\e.zi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,097 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hésitez, with forms such as "hesitez", "hhésitez", and "hséitez". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "hésite", "hérite", "hésita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hésitez, spelled H-É-S-I-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de hésiter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de hésiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vos textes sont très sombres et vous n’hésitez pas à vous mettre à nu, en parlant notamment, dans HPV, du papillomavirus que vous avez contracté…
  2. Si vous êtes en vacances sur la côte landaise, n’hésitez pas à faire une escale festive à Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hesitez
  • hhésitez
  • hséitez
  • héistez
  • hésietz
  • hésitezz
  • hésittez
  • hésitze
  • héssitez
  • héstiez
  • éhsitez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hesitez1hhésitez1hséitez2héistez2hésietz2hésitezz1hésittez1hésitze2
Edit distance from "hésitez"

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 "hésitez"?
"hésitez" is spelled H-É-S-I-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\e.zi.te\.
What does "hésitez" mean?
As a verb, "hésitez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de hésiter.
What words are commonly confused with "hésitez"?
"hésitez" is commonly confused with "hésite", "hérite", "hésita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hésitez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hésitez" is ^((h muet))\e.zi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hésitez" come from?
"hésitez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

grecque#6,092graines#6,091faciles#6,086métrage#6,115

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

justifie11 variantsNorvège11 variantspaysans11 variantsservant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list