hydrates
\i.dʁat\
The verdict
“hydrates” is uncommon French (frequency #61,598 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,598
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hydrate.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hydrates · hydrates · French
hydrates · rank #61,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,598
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hustle
Nearest frequency peer: hustle (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hydrates »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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38,407 corpus weight
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38,406 corpus weight
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38,404 corpus weight
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38,403 corpus weight
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38,402 corpus weight
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hydrates » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrates |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.dʁat\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hydrates » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hydrates is uncommon French at frequency #61,598 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hydrate.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hydrates, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hydrates, spelled H-Y-D-R-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hydrate.
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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