hypersensible
\i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.sibl\
The verdict
“hypersensible” is uncommon French (frequency #58,010 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,010
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensible à l’extrême.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hypersensible · hypersensible · French
hypersensible · rank #58,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,010
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH HuffPost
Nearest frequency peer: HuffPost (-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 « hypersensible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hora
hora
41,995 corpus weight
- Huey
Huey
41,993 corpus weight
- HuffPost
HuffPost
41,992 corpus weight
- hypersensib…
hypersensible
41,991 corpus weight
- imbattables
imbattables
41,989 corpus weight
- immanquable
immanquable
41,988 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hypersensible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypersensible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.sibl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hypersensible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hypersensible is uncommon French at frequency #58,010 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.pɛʁ.sɑ̃.sibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hypersensible doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is hypersensible, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-S-E-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sensible à l’extrême.
- 2Anormalement sensible à un stimulus, particulièrement en parlant d'un allergène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hypersensible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, la perfection n'étant pas de ce monde, les dents constituent, hélas, une redoutable menace pour le bourgeon de chair hypersensible qui ose s'aventurer entre leur double herse.
C’est parce qu’on est hypersensible et qu’on a l’âme à vif qu’on est sensible aux petits riens merveilleux et terribles de la vie.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).