hypercentre
\i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃tʁ\
The verdict
“hypercentre” is uncommon French (frequency #83,028 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,028
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cœur d’un centre urbain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hypercentre · hypercentre · French
hypercentre · rank #83,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,028
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hydroliennes
Nearest frequency peer: hydroliennes (-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 « hypercentre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hombres
hombres
16,978 corpus weight
- houillère
houillère
16,977 corpus weight
- hydroliennes
hydroliennes
16,974 corpus weight
- hypercentre
hypercentre
16,973 corpus weight
- ibo
ibo
16,970 corpus weight
- illumina
illumina
16,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hypercentre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypercentre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #83,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hypercentre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hypercentre is uncommon French at frequency #83,028 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃tʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cœur d’un centre urbain.".
hypercentre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hypercentre, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-C-E-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Cœur d’un centre urbain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hypercentre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les quartiers Nord et les quartiers Sud sont déjà en zone de sécurité prioritaire et, dans l’hypercentre, nous avons créé des unités dédiées.
Les centres commerciaux et les hypercentres des villes ont connu une forte affluence dimanche.
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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