hitch

\hɪt͡ʃ\

/\hɪt͡ʃ\/ verb

The verdict

“hitch” is uncommon French (frequency #69,146 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,146
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attacher, pour tirer ou trainer une remorque ou un autre objet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hitch · hitch · French

hitch · rank #69,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,146
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH horoscopes

Nearest frequency peer: horoscopes (+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 « hitch »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hitch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hitch
PropertyValue
Headwordhitch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\hɪt͡ʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,146
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hitch » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hitchtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « horoscopes » (#69,147), « humanity » (#69,149), « herboriste » (#69,142). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hitch » est au #69,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hitch is uncommon French at frequency #69,146 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \hɪt͡ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attacher, pour tirer ou trainer une remorque ou un autre objet.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hitch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hitch, spelled H-I-T-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attacher, pour tirer ou trainer une remorque ou un autre objet.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hitch"?
"hitch" is spelled H-I-T-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \hɪt͡ʃ\.
What does "hitch" mean?
As a verb, "hitch" means: Attacher, pour tirer ou trainer une remorque ou un autre objet.
How do you pronounce "hitch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hitch" is \hɪt͡ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hitch" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hitch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list