hyperbolique
\i.pɛʁ.bɔ.lik\
The verdict
“hyperbolique” is uncommon French (frequency #54,632 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,632
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exagéré, excessif, qui tient de l’hyperbole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyperbolique · hyperbolique · French
hyperbolique · rank #54,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,632
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH humérus
Nearest frequency peer: humérus (-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 « hyperbolique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hummer
hummer
45,371 corpus weight
- humérus
humérus
45,370 corpus weight
- hyperbolique
hyperbolique
45,369 corpus weight
- hypotension
hypotension
45,368 corpus weight
- hébergeant
hébergeant
45,367 corpus weight
- hégire
hégire
45,366 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hyperbolique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hyperbolique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.pɛʁ.bɔ.lik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hyperbolique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hyperbolique is uncommon French at frequency #54,632 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.pɛʁ.bɔ.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hyperbolique has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hyperbolique, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-B-O-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Exagéré, excessif, qui tient de l’hyperbole.
- 2Qui tient de l’hyperbole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyperbolique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tenir une expression ou une affirmation pour hyperbolique ne sous-entend donc pas qu'ils sont faux, mais qu'ils sont outrés.
Aussi la duchesse avait-elle conservé ces lettres émouvantes, comme certains vieillards ont des gravures obscènes, à cause des éloges hyperboliques donnés à ce qu’elle avait de moins duchesse en elle.
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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