Hippolyte

name

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The verdict

“Hippolyte” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,648
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hippolyte · Hippolyte · French

Hippolyte · rank #21,648 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,648
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Henriette

Nearest frequency peer: Henriette (-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 « Hippolyte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Hippolyte » 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 Hippolyte
PropertyValue
HeadwordHippolyte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,648
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hippolyte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hippolytese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Henriette » (#21,647), « horlogerie » (#21,649), « Henderson » (#21,646). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hippolyte » est au #21,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Hippolyte, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,648 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hippolyte, with forms such as "hhippolyte", "hipolyte", and "hipoplyte". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Hippolyte, spelled H-I-P-P-O-L-Y-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.
  2. 2
    Fils de Thésée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hippolyte Taine.
  2. Thésée avait eu d’Antiope l’Amazone un fils nommé Hippolyte ; ce jeune prince, livré tout entier au plaisir de la chasse, préférait le culte de Diane à celui de Vénus, et avait résolu de passer toute sa vie sans épouse. Phèdre, sa belle-mère, éprise de ses charmes, profite de l’absence de Thésée, descendu aux enfers, pour essayer de vaincre, par ses prièr…

This word in other languages

Hipólito(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhippolyte
  • hipolyte
  • hipoplyte
  • hipployte
  • hippollyte
  • hippoltye
  • hippolyet
  • hippolytte
  • hippolyyte
  • hippoylte
  • hpipolyte
  • ihppolyte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhippolyte1hipolyte1hipoplyte2hipployte2hippollyte1hippoltye2hippolyet2hippolytte1
Edit distance from "Hippolyte"

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 "Hippolyte"?
"Hippolyte" is spelled H-I-P-P-O-L-Y-T-E.
What does "Hippolyte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hippolyte" means: Prénom masculin.
What are common misspellings of "Hippolyte"?
Common misspellings include "hhippolyte", "hipolyte", "hipoplyte", "hipployte", "hippollyte". The correct spelling is "Hippolyte".
What language does "Hippolyte" come from?
"Hippolyte" 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 "Hippolyte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Henriette#21,647Henderson#21,646hyacinthe#21,651insolites#21,665

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Kathleen12 variantsexigeante12 variantsdérapage12 variantsdémarque12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list