hh

\ho\

/\ho\/ typographic variant

The verdict

“hh” is uncommon French (frequency #53,389 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a typographic variant. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,389
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orthographe par contrainte typographique par système h de h.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hh · hh · French

hh · rank #53,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,389
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH heal

Nearest frequency peer: heal (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hh »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hh » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hh
PropertyValue
Headwordhh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechTypographic variant
IPA\ho\
Letters2
Frequency rank#53,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hh » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hhtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « heal » (#53,388), « hadid » (#53,387), « Hiller » (#53,391). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hh » est au #53,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hh is uncommon French at frequency #53,389 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as atypographic variant, transcribed \ho\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orthographe par contrainte typographique par système h de h.".

No misspelling variants are generated for hh in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hh, spelled H-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Orthographe par contrainte typographique par système h de h.

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 "hh"?
"hh" is spelled H-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ho\.
What does "hh" mean?
As a typographic variant, "hh" means: Orthographe par contrainte typographique par système h de h.
How do you pronounce "hh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hh" is \ho\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hh" come from?
"hh" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list