hiérarchie

^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\

/^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\/ noun

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The verdict

“hiérarchie” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,094
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hierarchie · hiérarchie · French

hiérarchie · rank #6,094 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,094
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH havre

Nearest frequency peer: havre (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hiérarchie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hiérarchie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hiérarchie vs hiérarchies
91% similar
hiérarchie vs hiérarchique
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hiérarchie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hiérarchiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « havre » (#6,093), « home » (#6,095), « grecque » (#6,092). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hiérarchie » est au #6,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around hiérarchie (IPA ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,094 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hiérarchie, with forms such as "hhiérarchie", "hierarchie", and "hiréarchie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hiérarchies", "hiérarchique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hiérarchie, spelled H-I-É-R-A-R-C-H-I-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hiérarchie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au milieu du siècle dernier, on traitait de songe-creux et de lunatiques ceux qui prétendaient aplanir les hiérarchies traditionnelles et renverser même la personne du Roi.
  2. Les Bureaux arabes ont sous leur direction une hiérarchie administrative d'agents locaux à leur solde : 8 khalifas ,8 bachagas, 34 aghas et 656 caïds.

Synonyms

ordresubordinationorganigrammeclassementclassificationgamme

Antonyms

anarchiedésordreégalité

This word in other languages

hierarchy(English)jerarquía(Español)Hierarchie(Deutsch)hierarquia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhiérarchie
  • hierarchie
  • hiréarchie
  • hiéarrchie
  • hiéracrhie
  • hiérarcchie
  • hiérarchei
  • hiérarchhie
  • hiérarcihe
  • hiérarhcie
  • hiérarrchie
  • hiérrachie
  • hiérrarchie
  • héirarchie
  • ihérarchie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hiérarchie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhiérarchie1hierarchie1hiréarchie2hiéarrchie2hiéracrhie2hiérarcchie1hiérarchei2hiérarchhie1
Edit distance from "hiérarchie"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hiérarchie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inégalités#6,104correction#6,072conviction#6,071successeur#6,140

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

expressions15 variantsdémarches15 variantsMélenchon15 variantsterritoriale15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list