hiragana
^((h aspiré))\i.ʁa.ɡa.na\
The verdict
“hiragana” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kana, caractère notant une more en japonais, résultant d’une écriture cursive du kanji d’origine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hiragana · hiragana · French
hiragana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hiragana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\i.ʁa.ɡa.na\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hiragana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hiragana is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\i.ʁa.ɡa.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hiragana, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hiragana, spelled H-I-R-A-G-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Kana, caractère notant une more en japonais, résultant d’une écriture cursive du kanji d’origine.
- 2Syllabaire qui regroupe l’ensemble de ces caractères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hiragana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une autre caractéristique de l’ambiance des rames est que le nom des stations est non seulement annoncé vocalement mais signalé visuellement en kanji, en hiragana et en katakana (et, sur les grandes lignes, en anglais).
Je la dévisage, désorientée par cette question inattendue. Kitô est le nom de ma librairie, écrit en hiragana sur l’enseigne. Je réponds : - C’est un nom enregistré, comme un nom propre. Il n’y a pas d’autre écriture que l’hiragana.
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.