Haus

\haʊ̯s\

/\haʊ̯s\/ noun

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The verdict

“Haus” is uncommon French (frequency #56,013 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,013
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison, bâtiment d’habitation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haus · Haus · French

Haus · rank #56,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,013
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haussière

Nearest frequency peer: haussière (+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 « Haus »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Haus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Haus
PropertyValue
HeadwordHaus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\haʊ̯s\
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Haus » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Haustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « haussière » (#56,014), « harpons » (#56,011), « healthcare » (#56,016). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Haus » est au #56,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Haus is uncommon French at frequency #56,013 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \haʊ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Haus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Haus, spelled H-A-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maison, bâtiment d’habitation.
  2. 2
    Maisonnée, famille.
  3. 3
    Maison, dynastie.
  4. 4
    Maison, entreprise.
  5. 5
    Chambre d'un parlement, organe législatif.
  6. 6
    Personne, individu, gars.
  7. 7
    Coquille, carapace, test d'un animal, principalement pour les gastéropodes.
  8. 8
    Maison, un des fuseaux obtenu après division du ciel par les astrologues afin d’établir un thème astral.
  9. 9
    Partie centrale de la tête d'un marteau.
  10. 10
    Maison, zone délimitée par les trois cercles au curling.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Haus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sein Haus stand einsam auf einem Hügel. Von dort blickte man über die Dächer der anderen Häuser der Stadt.
  2. zu Hause sein.

Synonyms

HeimFamilieDynastieFirmaUnternehmenKammer

Antonyms

AugeBahnFinne

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Haus"?
"Haus" is spelled H-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \haʊ̯s\.
What does "Haus" mean?
As a noun, "Haus" means: Maison, bâtiment d’habitation.
How do you pronounce "Haus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Haus" is \haʊ̯s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Haus" come from?
"Haus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Haus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

idle#56,024ingé#56,035jesu#56,057fido#55,967

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list