hypothéquer

\i.pɔ.te.ke\

/\i.pɔ.te.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“hypothéquer” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,135
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soumettre à l’hypothèque ; donner pour hypothèque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hypothequer · hypothéquer · French

hypothéquer · rank #49,135 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,135
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hummm

Nearest frequency peer: hummm (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hypothéquer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hypothéquer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hypothéquer vs hypothèques
82% similar
hypothéquer vs hypothèque
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hypothéquer
PropertyValue
Headwordhypothéquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.pɔ.te.ke\
Letters11
Frequency rank#49,135
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hypothéquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hypothéquerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hummm » (#49,134), « hématomes » (#49,136), « honorablement » (#49,132). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hypothéquer » est au #49,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around hypothéquer (IPA \i.pɔ.te.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,135 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for hypothéquer, with forms such as "hhypothéquer", "hpyothéquer", and "hyopthéquer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hypothèques", "hypothèque", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 hypothéquer, spelled H-Y-P-O-T-H-É-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soumettre à l’hypothèque ; donner pour hypothèque.
  2. 2
    Grever l'avenir pour assurer le présent.
  3. 3
    Grever, affaiblir.
  4. 4
    Avoir une santé fort délabrée, avoir plusieurs infirmités graves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il hypothéqua les biens de sa femme pour tenter une spéculation dont les bénéfices devaient restituer à sa famille toute sa première fortune ; mais cette entreprise acheva de le ruiner.
  2. Moi, une épave de la Haute Société, puisque je n’ai plus pour figurer dans le monde que mes perles et des biens immobiliers hypothéqués jusqu’aux girouettes.

This word in other languages

mortgage(English)hipotecar(Español)verpfänden(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhypothéquer
  • hpyothéquer
  • hyopthéquer
  • hypohtéquer
  • hypothequer
  • hypothhéquer
  • hypothqéuer
  • hypothéqeur
  • hypothéqquer
  • hypothéquerr
  • hypothéqure
  • hypothéuqer
  • hypotthéquer
  • hypotéhquer
  • hyppothéquer
  • hyptohéquer
  • hyypothéquer
  • yhpothéquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hypothéquer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhypothéquer1hpyothéquer2hyopthéquer2hypohtéquer2hypothequer1hypothhéquer1hypothqéuer2hypothéqeur2
Edit distance from "hypothéquer"

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 "hypothéquer"?
"hypothéquer" is spelled H-Y-P-O-T-H-É-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.pɔ.te.ke\.
What does "hypothéquer" mean?
As a verb, "hypothéquer" means: Soumettre à l’hypothèque ; donner pour hypothèque.
What words are commonly confused with "hypothéquer"?
"hypothéquer" is commonly confused with "hypothèques", "hypothèque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hypothéquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hypothéquer" is \i.pɔ.te.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hypothéquer" come from?
"hypothéquer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

hollywoodiens18 variantsinflammations18 variantsintensifient18 variantsdécélération18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list