hispide
\is.pid\
The verdict
“hispide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est couvert de poils rudes et espacés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hispide · hispide · French
hispide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hispide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \is.pid\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hispide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hispide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \is.pid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hispide has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hispide, spelled H-I-S-P-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est couvert de poils rudes et espacés.
- 2Qui a une barbe, des cheveux raides, hirsutes, d’aspect repoussant.
- 3Qui est d’humeur difficile, revêche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hispide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tige hispide.
Toutefois, il fallait un gage à la soldatesque, un exutoire à la brutalité des pourceaux hispides que traînaient après eux ces conquérants.
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.