hidden

/\ˈhɪd.(ə)n\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,922

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

hidden is anFrenchadj. It means: Caché. Pronounced \ˈhɪd.(ə)n\. Often confused with hide and holden.

Key facts for hidden
PropertyValue
Headwordhidden
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ˈhɪd.(ə)n\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,922
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hidden in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hidden is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈhɪd.(ə)n\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,922 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Caché.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for hidden, with forms such as "hdiden", "hhidden", and "hiddenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hide", "holden", "Hayden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hidden, spelled H-I-D-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caché.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hdiden,hhidden,hiddenn,hiddne,hidedn,hiden,ihdden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hidden

Misspelling Variants of "hidden"

hdiden6hhidden7hiddenn7hiddne6hidedn6hiden5ihdden6
Misspelling Variants of "hidden"

Frequency rank: #42,922 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hidden"?
"hidden" is spelled H-I-D-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈhɪd.(ə)n\.
What does "hidden" mean?
As an adj, "hidden" means: Caché.
What words are commonly confused with "hidden"?
"hidden" is commonly confused with "hide", "holden", "Hayden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hidden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hidden" is \ˈhɪd.(ə)n\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hidden" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.