hésitons

^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\

/^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“hésitons” is uncommon French (frequency #74,878 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,878
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-hesitons · hésitons · French

hésitons · rank #74,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,878
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hérissée

Nearest frequency peer: hérissée (-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 « hésitons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hésitons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hésitons
PropertyValue
Headwordhésitons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hésitons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hésitonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « hérissée » (#74,877), « hétérodoxe » (#74,879), « idéalise » (#74,880). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hésitons » est au #74,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hésitons is uncommon French at frequency #74,878 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hésitons, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 hésitons, spelled H-É-S-I-T-O-N-S.

Definition

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

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 "hésitons"?
"hésitons" is spelled H-É-S-I-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\.
What does "hésitons" mean?
As a verb, "hésitons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de hésiter.
How do you pronounce "hésitons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hésitons" is ^((h muet))\e.zi.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hésitons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list