honteuse

^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“honteuse” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,753
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - . Homme qui n’assume pas son homosexualité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-honteuse · honteuse · French

honteuse · rank #20,753 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,753
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH heather

Nearest frequency peer: heather (-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 « honteuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « honteuse » 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).

honteuse vs honteux
75% similar
honteuse vs hôtesse
63% similar
honteuse vs Hortense
63% similar

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

Key facts for honteuse
PropertyValue
Headwordhonteuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,753
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « honteuse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.honteusese 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 « heather » (#20,752), « HBO » (#20,751), « hulot » (#20,755). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « honteuse » est au #20,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around honteuse (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,753 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: ". Homme qui n’assume pas son homosexualité.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for honteuse, with forms such as "hhonteuse", "hnoteuse", and "honetuse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "honteux", "hôtesse", "Hortense", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is honteuse, spelled H-O-N-T-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    . Homme qui n’assume pas son homosexualité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tel un mal hypodermique, la honteuse m’avait déjà investi. Mais à l’époque, je brassais des idées aussi étriquées que ma bite avait la vue basse.

Antonyms

folle

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhonteuse
  • hnoteuse
  • honetuse
  • honnteuse
  • hontesue
  • honteues
  • honteusse
  • hontteuse
  • hontuese
  • hotneuse
  • ohnteuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of honteuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhonteuse1hnoteuse2honetuse2honnteuse1hontesue2honteues2honteusse1hontteuse1
Edit distance from "honteuse"

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 "honteuse"?
"honteuse" is spelled H-O-N-T-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\.
What does "honteuse" mean?
As a noun, "honteuse" means: . Homme qui n’assume pas son homosexualité.
What words are commonly confused with "honteuse"?
"honteuse" is commonly confused with "honteux", "hôtesse", "Hortense". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "honteuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honteuse" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "honteuse" come from?
"honteuse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imposait#20,759inaugure#20,760instruit#20,765féminité#20,734

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

héberge11 variantsfrégate11 variantsfrontal11 variantslivrets11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list