hydratant
\i.dʁa.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“hydratant” is uncommon French (frequency #63,821 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,821
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui hydrate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydratant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.dʁa.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hydratant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hydratant is uncommon French at frequency #63,821 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.dʁa.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hydratant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 hydratant, spelled H-Y-D-R-A-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui hydrate.
- 2Qualifie un produit qui hydrate la peau.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “hydratant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-Y-D-R-A-T-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.dʁa.tɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.