Hippocrate

\i.pɔ.kʁat\

/\i.pɔ.kʁat\/ name

The verdict

“Hippocrate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,561
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Célèbre médecin grec, dit le père de la médecine, et qui vivait au Vᵉ siècle avant l’ère chrétienne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hippocrate · Hippocrate · French

Hippocrate · rank #34,561 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,561
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH highway

Nearest frequency peer: highway (-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 « Hippocrate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Hippocrate » 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
Key facts for Hippocrate
PropertyValue
HeadwordHippocrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\i.pɔ.kʁat\
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,561
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hippocrate »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hippocratese 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 « highway » (#34,560), « Hartmann » (#34,559), « hung » (#34,563). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hippocrate » est au #34,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hippocrate (IPA \i.pɔ.kʁat\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,561 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Célèbre médecin grec, dit le père de la médecine, et qui vivait au Vᵉ siècle avant l’ère chrétienne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hippocrate, with forms such as "hhippocrate", "hipocrate", and "hipopcrate". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Hippocrate, spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Célèbre médecin grec, dit le père de la médecine, et qui vivait au Vᵉ siècle avant l’ère chrétienne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hippocrate dit oui, mais Galien dit non.
  2. C'est là plus qu'une métaphore. Hippocrate fut représenté à l'époque byzantine comme un Christ en gloire tenant ouvert son livre des Aphorismes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhippocrate
  • hipocrate
  • hipopcrate
  • hippcorate
  • hippocarte
  • hippoccrate
  • hippocraet
  • hippocratte
  • hippocrrate
  • hippocrtae
  • hipporcate
  • hpipocrate
  • ihppocrate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hippocrate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhippocrate1hipocrate1hipopcrate2hippcorate2hippocarte2hippoccrate1hippocraet2hippocratte1
Edit distance from "Hippocrate"

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 "Hippocrate"?
"Hippocrate" is spelled H-I-P-P-O-C-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.pɔ.kʁat\.
What does "Hippocrate" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hippocrate" means: Célèbre médecin grec, dit le père de la médecine, et qui vivait au Vᵉ siècle avant l’ère chrétienne.
What are common misspellings of "Hippocrate"?
Common misspellings include "hhippocrate", "hipocrate", "hipopcrate", "hippcorate", "hippocarte". The correct spelling is "Hippocrate".
How do you pronounce "Hippocrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hippocrate" is \i.pɔ.kʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hippocrate" come from?
"Hippocrate" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list