hautbois

^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\

/^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\/ noun

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The verdict

“hautbois” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,854
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument à vent, de perce conique et à anche double, de sonorités très variées (puissant et sonore ou doux et charmeur, clair et nasillard ou plein de rondeur et de chaleur).

Corpus desk

Index FR-hautbois · hautbois · French

hautbois · rank #37,854 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,854
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hashtags

Nearest frequency peer: hashtags (-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 « hautbois »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hautbois » 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
Key facts for hautbois
PropertyValue
Headwordhautbois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,854
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hautbois »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hautboisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hashtags » (#37,853), « Hayley » (#37,855), « halluciner » (#37,852). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hautbois » est au #37,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around hautbois (IPA ^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,854 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for hautbois, with forms such as "ahutbois", "hatubois", and "haubtois". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hautbois, spelled H-A-U-T-B-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrument à vent, de perce conique et à anche double, de sonorités très variées (puissant et sonore ou doux et charmeur, clair et nasillard ou plein de rondeur et de chaleur).
  2. 2
    Celle ou celui qui joue du hautbois.
  3. 3
    Des jeux de l’orgue.
  4. 4
    Tuyau mélodique d’une cornemuse.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de sureau noir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous entendez les hautbois ? Ils jouent le prélude de Lohengrin et se répondent d'une tour à l’autre de mon château.
  2. Le hautbois, c’est l’arrière petit-fils du chalumeau des églogues.

Synonyms

hautboïstehoboïste

This word in other languages

oboe(English)oboe(Español)Oboe(Deutsch)oboé(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahutbois
  • hatubois
  • haubtois
  • hautbbois
  • hautbios
  • hautboiss
  • hautbosi
  • hautobis
  • hauttbois
  • hhautbois
  • huatbois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ahutbois2hatubois2haubtois2hautbbois1hautbios2hautboiss1hautbosi2hautobis2
Edit distance from "hautbois"

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 "hautbois"?
"hautbois" is spelled H-A-U-T-B-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\.
What does "hautbois" mean?
As a noun, "hautbois" means: Instrument à vent, de perce conique et à anche double, de sonorités très variées (puissant et sonore ou doux et charmeur, clair et nasillard ou plein de rondeur et de chaleur).
What are common misspellings of "hautbois"?
Common misspellings include "ahutbois", "hatubois", "haubtois", "hautbbois", "hautbios". The correct spelling is "hautbois".
How do you pronounce "hautbois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hautbois" is ^((h aspiré))\o.bwɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hautbois" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hashtags#37,853immaculé#37,864impacter#37,866indiquez#37,868

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

hacking11 variantsguinéenne11 variantsgronder11 variantsinfinite11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list