Hideo
The verdict
“Hideo” is uncommon French (frequency #60,854 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,854
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hideo · Hideo · French
Hideo · rank #60,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,854
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hatch
Nearest frequency peer: hatch (-2 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 « Hideo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- harcelées
harcelées
39,151 corpus weight
- harlequin
harlequin
39,150 corpus weight
- hatch
hatch
39,149 corpus weight
- Hideo
Hideo
39,147 corpus weight
- hitlérien
hitlérien
39,144 corpus weight
- hoop
hoop
39,143 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hideo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hideo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hideo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hideo is uncommon French at frequency #60,854 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hideo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Hideo, spelled H-I-D-E-O.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hideo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La découverte d’Itokawa a été effectuée en 1998. Il porte le nom de l’ingénieur aéronautique japonais Hideo Itokawa.
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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