hyper-
^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ\
The verdict
“hyper-” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indique le caractère extrême ou excessif d’une chose, d’un état, d’une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyper · hyper- · French
hyper- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyper- |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hyper- » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hyper- is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
hyper- doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hyper-, spelled H-Y-P-E-R--.
Definition
- 1Indique le caractère extrême ou excessif d’une chose, d’un état, d’une personne.
- 2Indique un niveau supérieur.
- 3Concernant l’espace vectoriel à 4 dimensions ou plus, ou de dimension quelconque.
- 4Indique un rapport au système de renvois, via des hyperliens permettant de passer directement d’une partie d’un document à une autre, ou d’un document à d’autres documents.
- 5Relatif aux hypérons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyper- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfant hyperactif.
Elle fait de l’hypertension.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.