hopes

\hoʊps\

/\hoʊps\/ verb

The verdict

“hopes” is uncommon French (frequency #85,798 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,798
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe hope.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hopes · hopes · French

hopes · rank #85,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,798
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hooliganisme

Nearest frequency peer: hooliganisme (-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 « hopes »

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 « hopes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hopes
PropertyValue
Headwordhopes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\hoʊps\
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hopes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hopestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hooliganisme » (#85,797), « honorabilité » (#85,796), « homestead » (#85,795). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hopes » est au #85,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hopes is uncommon French at frequency #85,798 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \hoʊps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe hope.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hopes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hopes, spelled H-O-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe hope.

Synonyms

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 "hopes"?
"hopes" is spelled H-O-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \hoʊps\.
What does "hopes" mean?
As a verb, "hopes" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe hope.
How do you pronounce "hopes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hopes" is \hoʊps\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hopes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hopes", 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