Hippolyte
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
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hippolyte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hippolyte” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Hippolyte, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,648 among 109,908 “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
- 1Prénom masculin.
- 2Fils de Thésée.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “Hippolyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-I-P-P-O-L-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.