hyperbole
\i.pɛʁ.bɔl\
The verdict
“hyperbole” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,849
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure de style qui consiste en la mise en valeur d'une idée par l'exagération.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyperbole · hyperbole · French
hyperbole · rank #32,849 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,849
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH huma
Nearest frequency peer: huma (-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 « hyperbole »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hibernation
hibernation
67,155 corpus weight
- hindi
hindi
67,154 corpus weight
- huma
huma
67,153 corpus weight
- hyperbole
hyperbole
67,152 corpus weight
- hébergés
hébergés
67,151 corpus weight
- idea
idea
67,150 corpus weight
What this shows « hyperbole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperbole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɛʁ.bɔl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hyperbole »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around hyperbole (IPA \i.pɛʁ.bɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,849 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for hyperbole, with forms such as "hhyperbole", "hpyerbole", and "hyeprbole". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hyperbole, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Figure de style qui consiste en la mise en valeur d'une idée par l'exagération.
- 2Section faite dans un cône du second degré par un plan qui, étant prolongé, rencontre les deux nappes de cette surface.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyperbole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'hyperbole n'est pas un mensonge. En règle générale, elle a d'ailleurs un fond de vérité. Mais ce fond, elle l'exagère, elle la grossit et, ce faisant, elle déforme la réalité; elle a sur cette réalité l'effet d'une loupe, d'un verre grossissant.
Moy-mesme, qui faicts singuliere conscience de mentir et qui ne me soucie guiere de donner creance et authorité à ce que je dis, m’apperçoy toutesfois, aux propos que j’ay en main, qu’estant eschauffé ou par la resistance d’un autre ou par la propre chaleur de la narration, je grossis et enfle mon subject par vois, mouvemens, vigueur et force de parolles,…
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhyperbole
- hpyerbole
- hyeprbole
- hypebrole
- hyperbbole
- hyperbloe
- hyperboel
- hyperbolle
- hyperoble
- hyperrbole
- hypperbole
- hyprebole
- hyyperbole
- yhperbole
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hyperbole - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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