haute

^((h aspiré))\ot\

/^((h aspiré))\ot\/ noun

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The verdict

“haute” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#790
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haute société ; classe sociale supérieure ; élite sociale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haute · haute · French

haute · rank #790 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #790
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH fini

Nearest frequency peer: fini (-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 « haute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « haute » 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).

haute vs hue
60% similar
haute vs Hut
40% similar
haute vs hôte
60% similar

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

Key facts for haute
PropertyValue
Headwordhaute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ot\
Letters5
Frequency rank#790
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haute »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hautese 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 « fini » (#789), « manger » (#791), « finalement » (#788). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haute » est au #790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around haute (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ot\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #790 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Haute société ; classe sociale supérieure ; élite sociale.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for haute, with forms such as "ahute", "hatue", and "hauet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hue", "Hut", "hôte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is haute, spelled H-A-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haute société ; classe sociale supérieure ; élite sociale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah ! les ouvriers pauvres ne feraient pas souvent des révolutions s’ils connaissaient mieux les femmes de la haute !
  2. Et nous autres, les gens du peuple, nous sommes des imbéciles. On se figurait que les personnages de la haute savaient où ils voulaient en venir, et ils ne savaient rien du tout.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahute
  • hatue
  • hauet
  • hautte
  • hhaute
  • huate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haute - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahute2hatue2hauet2hautte1hhaute1huate2
Edit distance from "haute"

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 "haute"?
"haute" is spelled H-A-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ot\.
What does "haute" mean?
As a noun, "haute" means: Haute société ; classe sociale supérieure ; élite sociale.
What words are commonly confused with "haute"?
"haute" is commonly confused with "hue", "Hut", "hôte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "haute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haute" is ^((h aspiré))\ot\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haute" come from?
"haute" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

idées#804payer#808quant#812accès#765

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

œuvre6 variantsouest6 variantssept6 variantssort6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list