hydrophile
\i.dʁɔ.fil\
The verdict
“hydrophile” is uncommon French (frequency #88,735 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,735
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime l’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hydrophile · hydrophile · French
hydrophile · rank #88,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,735
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hydrogéologie
Nearest frequency peer: hydrogéologie (-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 « hydrophile »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- humana
humana
11,269 corpus weight
- Huntingdon
Huntingdon
11,268 corpus weight
- hydrogéolog…
hydrogéologie
11,267 corpus weight
- hydrophile
hydrophile
11,266 corpus weight
- hâtifs
hâtifs
11,265 corpus weight
- héraldiques
héraldiques
11,264 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hydrophile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrophile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.dʁɔ.fil\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hydrophile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hydrophile is uncommon French at frequency #88,735 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.dʁɔ.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for hydrophile in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hydrophile, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui aime l’eau.
- 2Qui absorbe facilement l’eau.
- 3Se dit d’une substance, ou d’un groupement moléculaire, ayant une affinité pour l’eau et les solvants polaires.
- 4Se dit d’une plante qui croit dans des milieux inondés durant plusieurs mois de l’année (voir aussi : amphibie). Intermédiaire entre hygrophile et amphibie puis aquatique.
- 5Se dit d’une pollinisation qui a lieu dans l’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hydrophile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le coton ou la ouate hydrophile utilisé en médecine, pour l’hygiène ou la toilette.
On peut en conclure que les perméants hydrophiles utilisés ne donnent pas lieu à une adsorption sensible sur les structures musculaires (auquel cas R aurait une tendance à augmenter dans le domaine des concentrations faibles).
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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