hiéroglyphe
^((h aspiré))\je.ʁɔ.ɡlif\
The verdict
“hiéroglyphe” is an uncommon French word, ranked #84,875 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,875
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Symbole linguistique utilisant le dessin et la représentation symbolique du temps de l’Égypte antique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiéroglyphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁɔ.ɡlif\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hiéroglyphe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hiéroglyphe is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁɔ.ɡlif\. Corpus data places it at rank #84,875 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hiéroglyphe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hiéroglyphe, spelled H-I-É-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Symbole linguistique utilisant le dessin et la représentation symbolique du temps de l’Égypte antique.
- 2Style, écriture ou langage difficile à comprendre ; symboles mystérieux.
- 3Trace en relief que l’on trouve à la base des bancs de sable fossilisés qui peut être due, ou non, à une activité biologique.
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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 “hiéroglyphe”
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- The one correct French spelling is H-I-É-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\je.ʁɔ.ɡlif\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.