Honshu
\ɔn.ʃy\
The verdict
“Honshu” is uncommon French (frequency #87,723 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,723
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La plus grande île du Japon, peuplée de plus de cent-vingt millions ou 4/5 des Japonais, sur laquelle se trouvent les grandes villes comme Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kawasaki, Kobé et Kyoto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Honshu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔn.ʃy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Honshu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Honshu is uncommon French at frequency #87,723 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔn.ʃy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La plus grande île du Japon, peuplée de plus de cent-vingt millions ou 4/5 des Japonais, sur laquelle se trouvent les grandes villes comme Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kawasaki, Kobé et Kyoto.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Honshu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Honshu, spelled H-O-N-S-H-U.
Definition
- 1La plus grande île du Japon, peuplée de plus de cent-vingt millions ou 4/5 des Japonais, sur laquelle se trouvent les grandes villes comme Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kawasaki, Kobé et Kyoto.
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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.
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Using “Honshu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-N-S-H-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔn.ʃy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.