hyacinthe
The verdict
“hyacinthe” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #21,651 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,651
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Variante de jacinthe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyacinthe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ja.sɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hyacinthe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for hyacinthe is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ja.sɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,651 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for hyacinthe, with forms such as "haycinthe", "hhyacinthe", and "hyaccinthe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hyacinthe, spelled H-Y-A-C-I-N-T-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Variante de jacinthe.
- 2Synonyme de quartz hématoïde.
- 3Nom donné parfois au zircon de couleur rouge ou orangé.
- 4Tissu de la couleur des jacinthes.
- 5Préparation médicinale dans laquelle entraient des pierres d’hyacinthe et beaucoup d’autres ingrédients.
- 6Confection d’hyacinthe : Électuaire à base de miel, d’œil d’écrevisse, de safran, de cannelle, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: haycinthe,hhyacinthe,hyaccinthe,hyacinhte,hyacinnthe,hyacinteh,hyacinthhe,hyacintthe,hyacitnhe,hyacnithe,hyaicnthe,hycainthe,hyyacinthe,yhacinthe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hyacinthe — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "hyacinthe"
Frequency rank: #21,651 in French
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Using “hyacinthe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-Y-A-C-I-N-T-H-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\ja.sɛ̃t\ (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
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter H in our French index: