Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hypothèque | hypothèse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accord entre celui qui emprunte de l’argent (le propriétaire) et celui qui fournit l’argent (le créancier). Si le montant d’argent (qui est égal à la valeur de la propriété) n’est pas remboursé, le créancier peut faire réaliser le bien, généralement par vente aux enchères, afin d'obtenir la somme qui lui est due. (En jargon juridique : droit réel qui grève les immeubles affectés à la sûreté, à l’acquittement d’une obligation, d’une dette, et qui les suit en quelques mains qu’ils passent.) | Supposition que l’on fait sans se demander si elle est vraie ou fausse, mais seulement pour en tirer des conséquences à vérifier. |
Letter-by-Letter Comparison
Word Length Comparison: hypothèque vs hypothèse
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
hypothèque and hypothèse form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that writers substitute for each other because they look alike, sound alike, or both. The pair differs by 1 letter(s) in length, which is exactly the edit distance at which substitution errors are most common: close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Side-by-side the two words carry different dictionary signatures. hypothèque is recorded at frequency rank #17,154, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.pɔ.tɛk\. hypothèse is at rank #3,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.pɔ.tɛz\. When the two words belong to different parts of speech, sentence grammar alone usually resolves the confusion; when they share a part of speech, only semantic context separates them, which is why the pair earns a dedicated lookup page.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice. Automated spell-checkers cannot flag confusable substitution because every member of the pair is a valid dictionary word, only the writer, or a grammar/context tool, can confirm that the chosen spelling matches the intended meaning. PlainSpell's confusable index exists precisely to make that contextual choice explicit.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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