haubans
^((h aspiré))\o.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“haubans” is uncommon French (frequency #60,071 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,071
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hauban.
Corpus desk
Index FR-haubans · haubans · French
haubans · rank #60,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,071
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hassidique
Nearest frequency peer: hassidique (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « haubans »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hak
hak
39,933 corpus weight
- hassidique
hassidique
39,931 corpus weight
- haubans
haubans
39,930 corpus weight
- Henin
Henin
39,929 corpus weight
- henriot
henriot
39,928 corpus weight
- Hermé
Hermé
39,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « haubans » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haubans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\o.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « haubans » en français
Rare enough to double-check
haubans is uncommon French at frequency #60,071 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\o.bɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de hauban.".
Zero misspellings are on record for haubans in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is haubans, spelled H-A-U-B-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de hauban.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how haubans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mer, le sel, le temps, avaient raviné ce disque de bois épais qui sert à tendre les haubans.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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