hexagonal

\ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\

/\ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\/ adj

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The verdict

“hexagonal” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,361
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’un hexagone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hexagonal · hexagonal · French

hexagonal · rank #37,361 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,361
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hicks

Nearest frequency peer: hicks (+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 « hexagonal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hexagonal » 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).

hexagonal vs hexagone
78% similar
hexagonal vs hexagonale
90% similar

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

Key facts for hexagonal
PropertyValue
Headwordhexagonal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,361
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hexagonal »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hexagonalse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hicks » (#37,362), « Hartley » (#37,359), « hippique » (#37,363). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hexagonal » est au #37,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around hexagonal (IPA \ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,361 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hexagonal, with forms such as "ehxagonal", "heaxgonal", and "hexaggonal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hexagone", "hexagonale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hexagonal, spelled H-E-X-A-G-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la forme d’un hexagone.
  2. 2
    Relatif à l’Hexagone, à la France métropolitaine.
  3. 3
    Relatif à la France, sans référence à la France métropolitaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’acide tellurique cristallise en gros prismes hexagonaux qui contiennent trois équivalents d’eau.
  2. Jusqu’à présent, les « enseignistes » hexagonaux, une centaine de mini-PME et quelques firmes plus importantes, ne faisaient pas preuve de beaucoup d’agressivité sur un marché français qui a réalisé en 1989 un chiffre d’affaires global de 1,3 milliard de francs.

This word in other languages

hexagonal(English)hexagonal(Español)hexagonal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehxagonal
  • heaxgonal
  • hexaggonal
  • hexagnoal
  • hexagoanl
  • hexagonall
  • hexagonla
  • hexagonnal
  • hexaognal
  • hexgaonal
  • hexxagonal
  • hhexagonal
  • hxeagonal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hexagonal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ehxagonal2heaxgonal2hexaggonal1hexagnoal2hexagoanl2hexagonall1hexagonla2hexagonnal1
Edit distance from "hexagonal"

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 "hexagonal"?
"hexagonal" is spelled H-E-X-A-G-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\.
What does "hexagonal" mean?
As an adjective, "hexagonal" means: Qui a la forme d’un hexagone.
What words are commonly confused with "hexagonal"?
"hexagonal" is commonly confused with "hexagone", "hexagonale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hexagonal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hexagonal" is \ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hexagonal" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list