Houston

/[ˈhjuːstən]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,096

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Houston is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in dem US-Bundesstaat Texas Pronounced [ˈhjuːstən]. Often confused with husten.

Key facts for Houston
PropertyValue
HeadwordHouston
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈhjuːstən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,096
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Houston in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Houston is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhjuːstən]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,096 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in dem US-Bundesstaat Texas".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Houston, with forms such as "hhouston", "hosuton", and "housotn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "husten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Houston, spelled H-O-U-S-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in dem US-Bundesstaat Texas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhouston,hosuton,housotn,housston,houstno,houstonn,houstton,houtson,huoston,ohuston

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Houston

Misspelling Variants of "Houston"

hhouston8hosuton7housotn7housston8houstno7houstonn8houstton8houtson7
Misspelling Variants of "Houston"

Frequency rank: #12,096 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Houston"?
"Houston" is spelled H-O-U-S-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhjuːstən].
What does "Houston" mean?
As a name, "Houston" means: Stadt in dem US-Bundesstaat Texas
What words are commonly confused with "Houston"?
"Houston" is commonly confused with "husten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Houston"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Houston" is [ˈhjuːstən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Houston" come from?
"Houston" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.