hippocentaure
\i.pɔ.sɑ̃.tɔʁ\
The verdict
“hippocentaure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centaure, mi-homme, mi-cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hippocentaure · hippocentaure · French
hippocentaure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hippocentaure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɔ.sɑ̃.tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hippocentaure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hippocentaure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɔ.sɑ̃.tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Centaure, mi-homme, mi-cheval.".
hippocentaure has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 hippocentaure, spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-E-N-T-A-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Centaure, mi-homme, mi-cheval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hippocentaure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Outre la réfutation dʼune croyance zoologique sur la génération des monstres, il entend démontrer le potentiel symbolique, étymologique, poétique et pictural de lʼhippocentaure.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.