# Houdini

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,178

## Definitions
1. The magician and escape artist Harry Houdini.

## Etymology
Invented by Harry Houdini from the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.

## Easily confused with
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/houdini-vs-housing)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-houdini)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhoudini`, `hoduini`, `houddini`, `houdiin`, `houdinni`, `houdnii`, `houidni`, `huodini`, `ohudini`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/houdini