# Houthi

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhuːθi/ · frequency rank #43,195

## Definitions
1. A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.

## Etymology
From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy), from the name of the group's former commander, Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.

## Easily confused with
- **hough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hough-vs-houthi)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhouthi`, `hotuhi`, `houhti`, `houthhi`, `houtih`, `houtthi`, `huothi`, `ohuthi`

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