Hilbert
The verdict
“Hilbert” is uncommon French (frequency #71,578 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,578
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hilbert · Hilbert · French
Hilbert · rank #71,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,578
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH harpiste
Nearest frequency peer: harpiste (-3 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 « Hilbert »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Hamish
Hamish
28,430 corpus weight
- harder
harder
28,427 corpus weight
- harpiste
harpiste
28,426 corpus weight
- Hilbert
Hilbert
28,423 corpus weight
- holotype
holotype
28,420 corpus weight
- Houria
Houria
28,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hilbert » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hilbert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hilbert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hilbert is uncommon French at frequency #71,578 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hilbert, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Hilbert, spelled H-I-L-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hilbert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’agit d’une expérience de pensée du mathématicien allemand David Hilbert.
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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