hypertexte
^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.tɛkst\
The verdict
“hypertexte” is uncommon French (frequency #72,413 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,413
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système de renvois, via des hyperliens permettant de passer directement d’une partie d’un document à une autre, ou d’un document à d’autres documents choisis comme pertinents par l’auteur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hypertexte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.tɛkst\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hypertexte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hypertexte is uncommon French at frequency #72,413 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.tɛkst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hypertexte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hypertexte, spelled H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-X-T-E.
Definition
- 1Système de renvois, via des hyperliens permettant de passer directement d’une partie d’un document à une autre, ou d’un document à d’autres documents choisis comme pertinents par l’auteur.
- 2Dans la terminologie de Gérard Genette, tout texte B uni à un texte antérieur A par une relation d’hypertextualité.
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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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Using “hypertexte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-X-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h muet))\i.pɛʁ.tɛkst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.