hiérarchie

/^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,094

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

hiérarchie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\. It ranks #6,094 in French word frequency. Often confused with hiérarchies and hiérarchique.

Key facts for hiérarchie
PropertyValue
Headwordhiérarchie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,094
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hiérarchie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,094 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for hiérarchie, with forms such as "hhiérarchie", "hierarchie", and "hiréarchie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hiérarchies", "hiérarchique", 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 hiérarchie, spelled H-I-É-R-A-R-C-H-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir.
  2. 2
    Ordonnancement d’un ensemble grâce à une relation d’ordre dans laquelle chaque élément est supérieur au suivant.
  3. 3
    Ordre et subordination des neuf chœurs des anges, qui constituent l'ensemble des purs esprits.
  4. 4
    Ordre et subordination des divers degrés de l’état ecclésiastique.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des personnes dotées d’une autorité au sein d’une société.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhiérarchie,hierarchie,hiréarchie,hiéarrchie,hiéracrhie,hiérarcchie,hiérarchei,hiérarchhie,hiérarcihe,hiérarhcie,hiérarrchie,hiérrachie,hiérrarchie,héirarchie,ihérarchie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hiérarchie

Misspelling Variants of "hiérarchie"

hhiérarchie11hierarchie10hiréarchie10hiéarrchie10hiéracrhie10hiérarcchie11hiérarchei10hiérarchhie11
Misspelling Variants of "hiérarchie"

Frequency rank: #6,094 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hiérarchie"?
"hiérarchie" is spelled H-I-É-R-A-R-C-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\.
What does "hiérarchie" mean?
As a noun, "hiérarchie" means: Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir.
What words are commonly confused with "hiérarchie"?
"hiérarchie" is commonly confused with "hiérarchies", "hiérarchique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hiérarchie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hiérarchie" is ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hiérarchie" come from?
"hiérarchie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.