hypersensibilité

\i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\

/\i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“hypersensibilité” is uncommon French (frequency #51,523 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,523
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensibilité excessive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hypersensibilite · hypersensibilité · French

hypersensibilité · rank #51,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,523
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hydravion

Nearest frequency peer: hydravion (-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 « hypersensibilité »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hypersensibilité » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hypersensibilité
PropertyValue
Headwordhypersensibilité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\
Letters16
Frequency rank#51,523
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hypersensibilité » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hypersensibilitétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hydravion » (#51,522), « icebergs » (#51,525), « honni » (#51,520). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hypersensibilité » est au #51,523. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hypersensibilité is uncommon French at frequency #51,523 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for hypersensibilité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 hypersensibilité, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensibilité excessive.
  2. 2
    Réaction excessive à un stimulus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hypersensibilité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette hypersensibilité vient culminer en une susceptibilité extrême : toute relation interhumaine le meurtrit.
  2. L’artiste est trop sensible, souffre de son hypersensibilité et de son ego trop puissant.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hypersensibilité"?
"hypersensibilité" is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\.
What does "hypersensibilité" mean?
As a noun, "hypersensibilité" means: Sensibilité excessive.
How do you pronounce "hypersensibilité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hypersensibilité" is \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hypersensibilité" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hypersensibilité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list