# Hausa vs haute

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hausa
*noun · IPA /ˈhaʊsə/ · frequency rank #37,964*
A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

### haute
*adjective · IPA /oʊt/ · frequency rank #22,399*
high (especially in terms of fashion, cookery or anything considered to be typically French)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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