hausser

/^((h aspiré))\o.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,087

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

hausser is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre plus haut, mettre dans une situation plus haute, élever. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\o.se\. Often confused with housse and hisser.

Key facts for hausser
PropertyValue
Headwordhausser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\o.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,087
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hausser in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hausser is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\o.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,087 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for hausser, with forms such as "ahusser", "hasuser", and "hauser". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "housse", "hisser", "hausses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hausser, spelled H-A-U-S-S-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre plus haut, mettre dans une situation plus haute, élever.
  2. 2
    Lever, porter en haut.
  3. 3
    Augmenter le volume sonore en parlant de la voix, du son des instruments.
  4. 4
    Modifier la hauteur d’une note musicale vers les aiguës.
  5. 5
    Augmenter.
  6. 6
    Se dit des choses dont la valeur, le prix, augmente.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahusser,hasuser,hauser,hausesr,hausserr,haussre,hhausser,huasser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hausser

Misspelling Variants of "hausser"

ahusser7hasuser7hauser6hausesr7hausserr8haussre7hhausser8huasser7
Misspelling Variants of "hausser"

Frequency rank: #27,087 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hausser"?
"hausser" is spelled H-A-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\o.se\.
What does "hausser" mean?
As a verb, "hausser" means: Rendre plus haut, mettre dans une situation plus haute, élever.
What words are commonly confused with "hausser"?
"hausser" is commonly confused with "housse", "hisser", "hausses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hausser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hausser" is ^((h aspiré))\o.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hausser" come from?
"hausser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.