hyperactif
^((h muet))\i.pɛ.ʁak.tif\
The verdict
“hyperactif” is uncommon French (frequency #50,275 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,275
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très actif, qui agit beaucoup, qui travaille beaucoup (en parlant des personnes ou des groupes de personnes).
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyperactif · hyperactif · French
hyperactif · rank #50,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,275
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hydrologie
Nearest frequency peer: hydrologie (-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 « hyperactif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- huez
huez
49,729 corpus weight
- Hurons
Hurons
49,728 corpus weight
- hydrologie
hydrologie
49,727 corpus weight
- hyperactif
hyperactif
49,726 corpus weight
- hâtif
hâtif
49,725 corpus weight
- hérissons
hérissons
49,724 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hyperactif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperactif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\i.pɛ.ʁak.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hyperactif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hyperactif is uncommon French at frequency #50,275 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h muet))\i.pɛ.ʁak.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hyperactif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hyperactif, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-A-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui est très actif, qui agit beaucoup, qui travaille beaucoup (en parlant des personnes ou des groupes de personnes).
- 2Qui est très actif (en parlant des choses).
- 3Qui manifeste de l’hyperactivité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyperactif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes des transitionnistes hyperactifs. Le « Virtuosa » fonctionne au fuel mais ce n’est pas le même qu’avant. Il est équipé de pots catalytiques qui transforment 97 % des oxydes d’azote.
Il estime que le syndicat Alliance a été « hyperactif » et « a fait évoluer le projet ».
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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