Houle
"houle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Houle” is uncommon English (frequency #99,376 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,376
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname
Corpus desk
Index EN-houle · Houle · English
Houle · rank #99,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,376
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hookahs
Nearest frequency peer: hookahs (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Houle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hoodwink
hoodwink
629 corpus weight
- Hooghly
Hooghly
628 corpus weight
- hookahs
hookahs
627 corpus weight
- Houle
Houle
625 corpus weight
- Howth
Howth
623 corpus weight
- HPP
HPP
622 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Houle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Houle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Houle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Houle is uncommon English at frequency #99,376 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Houle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As a French surname, variant of Houde. * Also as a French surname, from placenames called La Houle, from houle (“hollow”). * As an English surname, variant of Hole. The correct English form is Houle, spelled H-O-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1A surname
- 2A surname
Etymology
* As a French surname, variant of Houde. * Also as a French surname, from placenames called La Houle, from houle (“hollow”). * As an English surname, variant of Hole.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).