hauteur
/oʊˈtɝ/
"hauteur" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hauteur” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hauteur · hauteur · English
hauteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hauteur |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /oʊˈtɝ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hauteur” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hauteur is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /oʊˈtɝ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hauteur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French hauteur. The correct English form is hauteur, spelled H-A-U-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hauteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him?
“What's happened, young Herring?” I think for a moment he was about to draw himself up with hauteur and say he would prefer, if we didn't mind, not to discuss his private affairs, but when he was half-way up he caught Aunt Dahlia's eye and returned to position one.
Etymology
From French hauteur.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.