hautain

^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\

/^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“hautain” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,638
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui affecte la fierté et le dédain pour mieux marquer la distance entre soi et les autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hautain · hautain · French

hautain · rank #30,638 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,638
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH harem

Nearest frequency peer: harem (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hautain »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hautain » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hautain vs humain
71% similar
hautain vs hautaine
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hautain
PropertyValue
Headwordhautain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,638
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hautain »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hautainse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « harem » (#30,637), « Hirsch » (#30,639), « Harcourt » (#30,636). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hautain » est au #30,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hautain (IPA ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,638 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui affecte la fierté et le dédain pour mieux marquer la distance entre soi et les autres.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hautain, with forms such as "ahutain", "hatuain", and "hauatin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "humain", "hautaine", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hautain, spelled H-A-U-T-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui affecte la fierté et le dédain pour mieux marquer la distance entre soi et les autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Juif, continua le hautain vieillard, écoute-moi : il ne sied pas à notre dignité d’avoir avec toi un long entretien […]
  2. Cette Gourguin était, comme l'on dit chez nous, un vrai chat noir, qui n’avait que la peau et les os ; toutefois, un grand feu d'esprit, et les plus beaux yeux, avec des manières hautaines : dangereuse, artificieuse, accusée de beaucoup de noirceurs ; […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahutain
  • hatuain
  • hauatin
  • hautainn
  • hautani
  • hautian
  • hauttain
  • hhautain
  • huatain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hautain - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahutain2hatuain2hauatin2hautainn1hautani2hautian2hauttain1hhautain1
Edit distance from "hautain"

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 "hautain"?
"hautain" is spelled H-A-U-T-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\.
What does "hautain" mean?
As an adjective, "hautain" means: Qui affecte la fierté et le dédain pour mieux marquer la distance entre soi et les autres.
What words are commonly confused with "hautain"?
"hautain" is commonly confused with "humain", "hautaine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hautain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hautain" is ^((h aspiré))\o.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hautain" come from?
"hautain" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list