hundredweight
\ˈhʌn.dɹɪd.ˌweɪt\
The verdict
“hundredweight” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure de masse du système impérial britannique de symbole cwt égale à 112 livres avoirdupois, soit 50,8023453952 kilogrammes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hundredweight |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhʌn.dɹɪd.ˌweɪt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hundredweight” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hundredweight is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈhʌn.dɹɪd.ˌweɪt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
hundredweight doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hundredweight, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-W-E-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de masse du système impérial britannique de symbole cwt égale à 112 livres avoirdupois, soit 50,8023453952 kilogrammes.
- 2Unité de mesure de masse de symbole cwt égale à 100 livres avoirdupois, soit exactement 45,35923696 kilogrammes.
- 3Synonyme de quintal, unité de mesure contenant différentes quantités selon les objets pesés.
- 4Diverses unités d’anciens systèmes de mesure consistant en 100 unités généralement traduites par “pounds”.
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.
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Using “hundredweight”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-U-N-D-R-E-D-W-E-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈhʌn.dɹɪd.ˌweɪt\ (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.