hoazin
\wa.zɛ̃\
The verdict
“hoazin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre d’oiseau tropical de la famille des opisthocomidés, représenté par l’hoazin huppé comme seule espèce encore existante, endémique aux forêts marécageuses de l’Amazonie, caractérisé par sa long...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hoazin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.zɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hoazin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hoazin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.zɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre d’oiseau tropical de la famille des opisthocomidés, représenté par l’hoazin huppé comme seule espèce encore existante, endémique aux forêts marécageuses de l’Amazonie, caractérisé par sa long...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hoazin, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hoazin, spelled H-O-A-Z-I-N.
Definition
- 1Genre d’oiseau tropical de la famille des opisthocomidés, représenté par l’hoazin huppé comme seule espèce encore existante, endémique aux forêts marécageuses de l’Amazonie, caractérisé par sa longue huppe et ses hackles érectiles, la riche coloration roux fauve des couvertures sous-alaires et du crissum, par la présence chez les jeunes de griffes alaires articulées similaires à celles retrouvées chez l’archéoptéryx adulte, et par un système digestif analogue à celui des mammifères ruminants, cas unique en son genre chez les oiseaux.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hoazin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-A-Z-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \wa.zɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.