hyposensibilité
\i.pɔ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\
The verdict
“hyposensibilité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensibilité insuffisante à un stimulus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hyposensibilite · hyposensibilité · French
hyposensibilité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | hyposensibilité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.pɔ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hyposensibilité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.pɔ.sɑ̃.si.bi.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sensibilité insuffisante à un stimulus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hyposensibilité in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 hyposensibilité, spelled H-Y-P-O-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Sensibilité insuffisante à un stimulus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hyposensibilité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les alcooliques pourraient donc avoir une hyposensibilité des récepteurs à la dopamine, en partie du fait de la consommation d'alcool (état), et en partie, en tout cas pour certains, de l’existence de l’allèle A1 du D2 (trait).
Les causes de cette hyposensibilité aux curares sont incomplètement élucidées.
Antonyms
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.