chat-huant
\ʃa.y.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“chat-huant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau rapace nocturne : la chouette hulotte (Strix aluco L. 1758).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chat-huant · chat-huant · French
chat-huant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | chat-huant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.y.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chat-huant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.y.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chat-huant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chat-huant, spelled C-H-A-T---H-U-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Oiseau rapace nocturne : la chouette hulotte (Strix aluco L. 1758).
- 2Rapace nocturne qui possède deux touffes de plumes semblables à des oreilles de chat.
- 3Nom local de la nandinie (Nandinia bionata) en Afrique francophone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chat-huant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sept musiciens armés de tambours et de chichikoués […] s’étaient rayé la figure de noir et de rouge et portaient sur la tête des plumes de chat-huant retombant en arrière.
C’était un homme de quarante ans à peu près, à l’œil gris et faux, au nez recourbé en bec de chat-huant, au facies élargi par des pommettes saillantes.
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.