hie
^((h aspiré))\i\
The verdict
“hie” is uncommon French (frequency #86,788 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,788
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument servant à battre ou à enfoncer le pavé ou à damer le sol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hie · hie · French
hie · rank #86,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,788
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH heurtées
Nearest frequency peer: heurtées (-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 « hie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Herbin
Herbin
13,217 corpus weight
- Hernández
Hernández
13,216 corpus weight
- heurtées
heurtées
13,214 corpus weight
- hie
hie
13,213 corpus weight
- highlight
highlight
13,212 corpus weight
- hippodromes
hippodromes
13,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\i\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #86,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hie is uncommon French at frequency #86,788 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 hie, spelled H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument servant à battre ou à enfoncer le pavé ou à damer le sol.
- 2Autre sorte d’instrument dont on se sert pour enfoncer les pilotis dans le sol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pavés étant ainsi posés ne sont pas assez enfoncés, et pourraient du reste prendre des tassements inégaux sous l'influence des charges ; aussi, vient-on les frapper sur la tête avec une hie ou demoiselle, du poids de 30 kilogrammes.
Synonyms
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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