hyperpyrexie
\i.pɛʁ.pi.ʁɛk.si\
The verdict
“hyperpyrexie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fièvre intense, caractérisée par une augmentation de la température corporelle au-delà de 41.5 °C.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyperpyrexie · hyperpyrexie · French
hyperpyrexie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | hyperpyrexie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɛʁ.pi.ʁɛk.si\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hyperpyrexie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɛʁ.pi.ʁɛk.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fièvre intense, caractérisée par une augmentation de la température corporelle au-delà de 41.5 °C.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hyperpyrexie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hyperpyrexie, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-Y-R-E-X-I-E.
Definition
- 1Fièvre intense, caractérisée par une augmentation de la température corporelle au-delà de 41.5 °C.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hyperpyrexie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une hyperpyrexie entraînant une rhabdomyolyse ou un coup de chaleur s’est produite en raison du syndrome sérotoninergique ou d’une augmentation de l’activité physique sans que l’on reconnaisse les indices cliniques de surmenage, de températures élevées dans les clubs et de déshydratation.
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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.