hippie

^((h aspiré))\i.pi\

/^((h aspiré))\i.pi\/ noun

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The verdict

“hippie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,583
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membre d’un mouvement de contreculture des années 1960 et 1970, caractérisée par le rejet des valeurs conservatrices de la bourgeoisie, l’usage de drogues récréationnelles, l’abandon du puritanisme...

Corpus desk

Index FR-hippie · hippie · French

hippie · rank #22,583 · 6 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,583
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH heroes

Nearest frequency peer: heroes (-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 « hippie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hippie » 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).

hippie vs hippies
86% similar
hippie vs hippique
75% similar

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

Key facts for hippie
PropertyValue
Headwordhippie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\i.pi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,583
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hippie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hippiese 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 « heroes » (#22,582), « hisser » (#22,584), « Hermione » (#22,581). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hippie » est au #22,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hippie (IPA ^((h aspiré))\i.pi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,583 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hippie, with forms such as "hhippie", "hipie", and "hipipe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hippies", "hippique", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hippie, spelled H-I-P-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre d’un mouvement de contreculture des années 1960 et 1970, caractérisée par le rejet des valeurs conservatrices de la bourgeoisie, l’usage de drogues récréationnelles, l’abandon du puritanisme sexuel, etc.
  2. 2
    Personne qui s’habille de façon non conventionnelle, généralement en se laissant pousser les cheveux (pour les hommes) et adoptant un style de vie marginal, communautaire ou nomade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deuxièmement, j'aurais affirmé que ce que nous appelons en Amérique les hippies et que vous appelez les beatniks constitue la nouvelle classe révolutionnaire. Je n'ai jamais rien prétendu de ce genre.
  2. Quelques uns songent aux provos, déjà oubliés, mais symptômes d’une violence toujours latente sous la placidité du nord, aux hippies sur lesquels on marchait littéralement dans les années soixante, les enjambant de son mieux comme on l’eût fait de cadavres, maintenant refoulés sur Copenhague, sur Vancouver, sur Goa, où je les ai retrouvés hier encore, un…

Synonyms

babacoolpouilleuxcrasseux

This word in other languages

hippie(English)Hippie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhippie
  • hipie
  • hipipe
  • hippei
  • hpipie
  • ihppie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hippie - 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.

hhippie1hipie1hipipe2hippei2hpipie2ihppie2
Edit distance from "hippie"

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 "hippie"?
"hippie" is spelled H-I-P-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\i.pi\.
What does "hippie" mean?
As a noun, "hippie" means: Membre d’un mouvement de contreculture des années 1960 et 1970, caractérisée par le rejet des valeurs conservatrices de la bourgeoisie, l’usage de drogues récréationnelles, l’abandon du puritanisme...
What words are commonly confused with "hippie"?
"hippie" is commonly confused with "hippies", "hippique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hippie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hippie" is ^((h aspiré))\i.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hippie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

heroes#22,582hisser#22,584fayard#22,566Libyen#22,604

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Hyde6 variantsGrimm6 variantsGreta6 variantsjoyau6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list