hôpital psychiatrique

^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\

/^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\/ noun

The verdict

“hôpital psychiatrique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Établissement hospitalier dans lequel on accueille et traite des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux jugés sévères.

Key facts for hôpital psychiatrique
PropertyValue
Headwordhôpital psychiatrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hôpital psychiatrique” sits in French frequency

hôpital psychiatrique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hôpital psychiatrique is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Établissement hospitalier dans lequel on accueille et traite des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux jugés sévères.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hôpital psychiatrique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hôpital psychiatrique, spelled H-Ô-P-I-T-A-L- -P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement hospitalier dans lequel on accueille et traite des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux jugés sévères.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hôpital psychiatrique"?
"hôpital psychiatrique" is spelled H-Ô-P-I-T-A-L- -P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\.
What does "hôpital psychiatrique" mean?
As a noun, "hôpital psychiatrique" means: Établissement hospitalier dans lequel on accueille et traite des personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux jugés sévères.
How do you pronounce "hôpital psychiatrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hôpital psychiatrique" is ^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hôpital psychiatrique" come from?
"hôpital psychiatrique" 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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Using “hôpital psychiatrique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is H-Ô-P-I-T-A-L- -P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as ^((h muet))\o.pi.tal psi.kja.tʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list