hysteria
\hɪ.ˈstɛɹ.i.ə\
The verdict
“hysteria” is uncommon French (frequency #97,017 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,017
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hystérie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hysteria · hysteria · French
hysteria · rank #97,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,017
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperventilat…
Nearest frequency peer: hyperventilation (-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 « hysteria »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hormonothér…
hormonothérapie
2,989 corpus weight
- hyperliens
hyperliens
2,986 corpus weight
- hyperventil…
hyperventilation
2,985 corpus weight
- hysteria
hysteria
2,984 corpus weight
- iglesia
iglesia
2,982 corpus weight
- IMed
IMed
2,978 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hysteria » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hysteria |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hɪ.ˈstɛɹ.i.ə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hysteria » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hysteria is uncommon French at frequency #97,017 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \hɪ.ˈstɛɹ.i.ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hystérie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hysteria, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hysteria, spelled H-Y-S-T-E-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Hystérie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hysteria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Europe and America thereʼs a growing feeling of hysteria
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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