hirsutes
\iʁ.syt\
The verdict
“hirsutes” is uncommon French (frequency #91,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,785
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hirsute.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hirsutes · hirsutes · French
hirsutes · rank #91,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,785
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hinterland
Nearest frequency peer: hinterland (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hirsutes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hijra
hijra
8,220 corpus weight
- hil
hil
8,219 corpus weight
- hindouiste
hindouiste
8,218 corpus weight
- hinterland
hinterland
8,217 corpus weight
- hirsutes
hirsutes
8,216 corpus weight
- hobo
hobo
8,215 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hirsutes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hirsutes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \iʁ.syt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hirsutes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hirsutes is uncommon French at frequency #91,785 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \iʁ.syt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hirsute.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hirsutes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hirsutes, spelled H-I-R-S-U-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hirsute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hirsutes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux types, l’un mal rasé avec des cheveux hirsutes et une chemise aux couleurs criardes, l'autre potelé et vêtu d'une veste en jean, parlaient à une belle brune plutôt grande.
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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