hinterland
\in.tɛʁ.lɑ̃d\
The verdict
“hinterland” is uncommon French (frequency #91,784 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,784
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrière-pays.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hinterland · hinterland · French
hinterland · rank #91,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,784
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hindouiste
Nearest frequency peer: hindouiste (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hinterland »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hijra
hijra
8,220 corpus weight
- hil
hil
8,219 corpus weight
- hindouiste
hindouiste
8,218 corpus weight
- hinterland
hinterland
8,217 corpus weight
- hirsutes
hirsutes
8,216 corpus weight
- hobo
hobo
8,215 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hinterland » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinterland |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \in.tɛʁ.lɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hinterland » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hinterland is uncommon French at frequency #91,784 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \in.tɛʁ.lɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hinterland, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hinterland, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Arrière-pays.
- 2Zone approvisionnée par un port ou dont il tire ses ressources.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinterland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais que voulez-vous qu'on fasse d'autre à Mayland ? La mer grondante l'entoure aux trois quarts, et l'hinterland est constitué par des landes et des friches où ne vivent que des lapins sauvages et des tétras.
La Bolivie en occupe la plus grande partie, mais le Paraguay estimait qu’il lui revenait de droit comme se rattachant géographiquement à son Hinterland.
Antonyms
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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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