hiérarchie
^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\
The verdict
“hiérarchie” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,094 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,094
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiérarchie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hiérarchie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hiérarchie is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 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
- 1Organisation qui précise les relations ascendantes de pouvoir.
- 2Ordonnancement d’un ensemble grâce à une relation d’ordre dans laquelle chaque élément est supérieur au suivant.
- 3Ordre et subordination des neuf chœurs des anges, qui constituent l'ensemble des purs esprits.
- 4Ordre et subordination des divers degrés de l’état ecclésiastique.
- 5Ensemble des personnes dotées d’une autorité au sein d’une société.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “hiérarchie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-I-É-R-A-R-C-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁaʁ.ʃi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hiérarchies” - see the side-by-side comparison. hiérarchie vs hiérarchies
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.