hauteur

/^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,364

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

hauteur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dimension d’un corps considéré de sa base à son sommet. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\. It ranks #1,364 in French word frequency. Often confused with humeur and hauteurs.

Key facts for hauteur
PropertyValue
Headwordhauteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,364
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hauteur is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,364 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hauteur, with forms such as "ahuteur", "hatueur", and "hauetur". 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, "humeur", "hauteurs", "haute", 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 hauteur, spelled H-A-U-T-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dimension d’un corps considéré de sa base à son sommet.
  2. 2
    Le point le plus haut atteint par les eaux de la marée, d’une crue, d’une inondation.
  3. 3
    Élévation d’un corps au-dessus de la terre ou de toute autre surface horizontale.
  4. 4
    Droite passant par le sommet d’une figure et perpendiculaire à la base.
  5. 5
    Mesure de la distance de ce point à la référence de base.
  6. 6
    Angle compris entre le plan de l’horizon et le rayon visuel mené au point du ciel que l’on veut désigner.
  7. 7
    Le même parallèle, dans le même degré de latitude qu’une île, qu’une ville, etc.
  8. 8
    Proximité de quelque chose ou de quelqu’un.
  9. 9
    Nombre des vibrations émises par le son quand il se produit.
  10. 10
    Profondeur.
  11. 11
    Colline ; éminence.
  12. 12
    Lieu qui est situé au-dessus.
  13. 13
    Nature de ce qui est supérieur, éminent, d’un ordre élevé.
  14. 14
    Fierté, parole, attitude orgueilleuse. Arrogance, orgueil.
  15. 15
    Les actions, les paroles qui marquent de l’arrogance.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahuteur,hatueur,hauetur,hauteru,hauteurr,hautteur,hautuer,hhauteur,huateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hauteur

Misspelling Variants of "hauteur"

ahuteur7hatueur7hauetur7hauteru7hauteurr8hautteur8hautuer7hhauteur8
Misspelling Variants of "hauteur"

Frequency rank: #1,364 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hauteur"?
"hauteur" is spelled H-A-U-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\.
What does "hauteur" mean?
As a noun, "hauteur" means: Dimension d’un corps considéré de sa base à son sommet.
What words are commonly confused with "hauteur"?
"hauteur" is commonly confused with "humeur", "hauteurs", "haute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hauteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hauteur" is ^((h aspiré))\o.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hauteur" come from?
"hauteur" 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.