hiberne
^((h muet))\i.bɛʁn\
The verdict
“hiberne” is uncommon French (frequency #97,006 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,006
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hiberner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hiberne · hiberne · French
hiberne · rank #97,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,006
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hermosa
Nearest frequency peer: hermosa (-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 « hiberne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hectomètres
hectomètres
2,999 corpus weight
- heo
heo
2,998 corpus weight
- hermosa
hermosa
2,996 corpus weight
- hiberne
hiberne
2,995 corpus weight
- highly
highly
2,994 corpus weight
- hog
hog
2,992 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hiberne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiberne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\i.bɛʁn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hiberne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hiberne is uncommon French at frequency #97,006 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h muet))\i.bɛʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hiberne, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hiberne, spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hiberner.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hiberner.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hiberner.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de hiberner.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de hiberner.
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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