Hitchcock

\itʃ.kɔk\

/\itʃ.kɔk\/ name

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The verdict

“Hitchcock” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,468
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout connu via Alfred Hitchcock.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hitchcock · Hitchcock · French

Hitchcock · rank #27,468 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,468
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH herald

Nearest frequency peer: herald (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hitchcock »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Hitchcock » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hitchcock
PropertyValue
HeadwordHitchcock
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\itʃ.kɔk\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,468
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hitchcock »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Hitchcockse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « herald » (#27,467), « Hoffmann » (#27,469), « haïssent » (#27,466). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hitchcock » est au #27,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Hitchcock (IPA \itʃ.kɔk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,468 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout connu via Alfred Hitchcock.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hitchcock, with forms such as "hhitchcock", "hicthcock", and "hitcchcock". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Hitchcock, spelled H-I-T-C-H-C-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout connu via Alfred Hitchcock.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hitchcock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cela ressemblait à du Hitchcock réchauffé ou à du Simenon de second ordre, mais comme ils n’avaient pu trouver mieux, on devrait s’en contenter.
  2. Cette technique, il l’exerce déjà avec succès, notamment en ayant accompagné plusieurs projets de ciné-concerts d’une dizaine de films du patrimoine tel que « The Lodger », d’Alfred Hitchcock, mais aussi les projets de Ciné Phare, en tournée à Douarnenez et Quimper l’année dernière.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhitchcock
  • hicthcock
  • hitcchcock
  • hitcchock
  • hitchccock
  • hitchccok
  • hitchcocck
  • hitchcockk
  • hitchcokc
  • hitchhcock
  • hitchocck
  • hithccock
  • hittchcock
  • htichcock
  • ihtchcock

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hitchcock - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhitchcock1hicthcock2hitcchcock1hitcchock2hitchccock1hitchccok2hitchcocck1hitchcockk1
Edit distance from "Hitchcock"

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 "Hitchcock"?
"Hitchcock" is spelled H-I-T-C-H-C-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \itʃ.kɔk\.
What does "Hitchcock" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hitchcock" means: Nom de famille, surtout connu via Alfred Hitchcock.
What are common misspellings of "Hitchcock"?
Common misspellings include "hhitchcock", "hicthcock", "hitcchcock", "hitcchock", "hitchccock". The correct spelling is "Hitchcock".
How do you pronounce "Hitchcock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hitchcock" is \itʃ.kɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hitchcock" come from?
"Hitchcock" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list