hippopotamesque
\i.pɔ.pɔ.ta.mɛsk\
The verdict
“hippopotamesque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énorme comme pourrait l'être un hippopotame.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hippopotamesque · hippopotamesque · French
hippopotamesque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | hippopotamesque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.pɔ.pɔ.ta.mɛsk\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hippopotamesque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.pɔ.pɔ.ta.mɛsk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énorme comme pourrait l'être un hippopotame.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hippopotamesque in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 hippopotamesque, spelled H-I-P-P-O-P-O-T-A-M-E-S-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Énorme comme pourrait l'être un hippopotame.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hippopotamesque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je range les quelques journaux féminins, outils de fantasmes, où il y a des femmes minces et même malingres à l’opposé de Sarah qui a un corps hippopotamesque aux mille replis.
L’Antonin ouvrit son hippopotamesque gueule, j’oserais dire son hippopotamesque bouche, et pesta dans son hippopotamesque langage.
Synonyms
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.