hippique

^((h muet))\i.pik\

/^((h muet))\i.pik\/ adj

The verdict

“hippique” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,363
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au cheval, à l’équitation ou à l’hippologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hippique · hippique · French

hippique · rank #37,363 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,363
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hicks

Nearest frequency peer: hicks (-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 « hippique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hippique » 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).

hippique vs hippiques
89% similar
hippique vs hippie
75% similar

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

Key facts for hippique
PropertyValue
Headwordhippique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h muet))\i.pik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,363
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hippique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hippiquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hicks » (#37,362), « hiro » (#37,364), « hexagonal » (#37,361). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hippique » est au #37,363. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hippique (IPA ^((h muet))\i.pik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,363 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif au cheval, à l’équitation ou à l’hippologie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hippique, with forms such as "hhippique", "hipipque", and "hipique". 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, "hippiques", "hippie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hippique, spelled H-I-P-P-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au cheval, à l’équitation ou à l’hippologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tour à tour acheteurs, producteurs et vendeurs, ils ne sortent pas de leurs éléments ; possèdent la plupart le jargon hippique et connaissent sur le bout du doigt la généalogie de tous les produits de la circonscription ; […]
  2. Si les chevaux pouvaient parler, ils en auraient long à dire sur les hommes, peut-on croire. Eh bien, justement, chez Tolstoï, dans Le cheval (1885), on rencontre un fier représentant de l’espèce hippique qui n’a pas la langue dans sa poche et que les circonstances forcent à philosopher.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhippique
  • hipipque
  • hipique
  • hippiqeu
  • hippiqque
  • hippiuqe
  • hippqiue
  • hpipique
  • ihppique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hippique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhippique1hipipque2hipique1hippiqeu2hippiqque1hippiuqe2hippqiue2hpipique2
Edit distance from "hippique"

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 "hippique"?
"hippique" is spelled H-I-P-P-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\i.pik\.
What does "hippique" mean?
As an adjective, "hippique" means: Relatif au cheval, à l’équitation ou à l’hippologie.
What words are commonly confused with "hippique"?
"hippique" is commonly confused with "hippiques", "hippie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hippique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hippique" is ^((h muet))\i.pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hippique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list