hydrater

\i.dʁa.te\

/\i.dʁa.te\/ verb

The verdict

“hydrater” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,370
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Combiner un corps avec de l’eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hydrater · hydrater · French

hydrater · rank #37,370 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,370
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hybrid

Nearest frequency peer: hybrid (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hydrater »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hydrater » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hydrater vs hydrate
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hydrater
PropertyValue
Headwordhydrater
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.dʁa.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,370
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hydrater »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hydraterse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hybrid » (#37,369), « hymen » (#37,371), « hurricanes » (#37,368). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hydrater » est au #37,370. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around hydrater (IPA \i.dʁa.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,370 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hydrater, with forms such as "hdyrater", "hhydrater", and "hydarter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hydrate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 hydrater, spelled H-Y-D-R-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Combiner un corps avec de l’eau.
  2. 2
    Remplir les variables d’un objet avec celles d’un visiteur, à travers un formulaire.
  3. 3
    Boire, pour les animaux (humains compris).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hydrater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ces corps s’hydratent facilement.
  2. Le formulaire en lui-même n’a donc comme seul objectif que d’hydrater un objet. Ce n’est qu’une fois l’objet hydraté que vous pourrez en faire ce que vous voudrez : enregistrer en base de données dans le cas de notre objet "Article", envoyer un mail dans le cas d’un objet "Contact", etc. Le système de formulaire ne s’occupe pas de ce que vous faites de vo…

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hdyrater
  • hhydrater
  • hydarter
  • hyddrater
  • hydraetr
  • hydraterr
  • hydratre
  • hydratter
  • hydrrater
  • hydrtaer
  • hyrdater
  • hyydrater
  • yhdrater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hydrater - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hdyrater2hhydrater1hydarter2hyddrater1hydraetr2hydraterr1hydratre2hydratter1
Edit distance from "hydrater"

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 "hydrater"?
"hydrater" is spelled H-Y-D-R-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁa.te\.
What does "hydrater" mean?
As a verb, "hydrater" means: Combiner un corps avec de l’eau.
What words are commonly confused with "hydrater"?
"hydrater" is commonly confused with "hydrate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hydrater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydrater" is \i.dʁa.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydrater" come from?
"hydrater" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hydrater", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list