hitzig
\ˈhɪt͡sɪç\
The verdict
“hitzig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fougueux, passionné (qualifie une personne).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hitzig · hitzig · French
hitzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | hitzig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈhɪt͡sɪç\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hitzig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hitzig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈhɪt͡sɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hitzig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 hitzig, spelled H-I-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1Fougueux, passionné (qualifie une personne).
- 2Violent, chaud, vif, animé, enflammé (qualifie un débat, un discours).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hitzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man hatte Pater Paneloux gebeten, bei diesem Anlass das Wort zu ergreifen. (...) Hitzig und leidenschaftlich, wie er war, hatte er den Auftrag, mit dem man ihn betraute, entschlossen angenommen.
Das Foto einer Riesenpython mit einem dicken Bauch hat sich im Internet viral verbreitet – und löste eine hitzige Debatte über die letzte Mahlzeit der Schlange aus, wie die «New York Post» berichtet. «Sieht für mich wie ein Hund, eine Ziege oder ein kleines Schwein aus ... erstaunliche Schlange», schrieb jemand. «So fühle ich mich jeweils an Weihnachten»,…
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.