honteux

^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\/ adj

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The verdict

“honteux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,557
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui éprouve de la honte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-honteux · honteux · French

honteux · rank #8,557 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,557
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH honnêtes

Nearest frequency peer: honnêtes (-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 « honteux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « honteux » 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).

honteux vs houleux
71% similar
honteux vs honte
71% similar
honteux vs honneur
71% similar

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

Key facts for honteux
PropertyValue
Headwordhonteux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,557
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « honteux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.honteuxse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « honnêtes » (#8,556), « hydrogène » (#8,558), « honneurs » (#8,555). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « honteux » est au #8,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around honteux (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,557 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for honteux, with forms such as "hhonteux", "hnoteux", and "honetux". 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, "houleux", "honte", "honneur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is honteux, spelled H-O-N-T-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui éprouve de la honte.
  2. 2
    Qui cause de la honte.
  3. 3
    Qui est en lien avec les organes sexuels.
  4. 4
    Mauvais, vilain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les bons pauvres ne savent pas que leur office est d’exercer notre générosité ; ce sont des pauvres honteux, ils rasent les murs.
  2. […], je vénère Faulkner et je ne peux oublier qu'en vérité c'est un pochetron, un pochetron honteux qui se cachait sous des façons collet monté.

Synonyms

calamiteuxdésastreuxscandaleux

This word in other languages

ashamed(English)apenado(Español)beschämt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhonteux
  • hnoteux
  • honetux
  • honnteux
  • honteuxx
  • hontexu
  • hontteux
  • hontuex
  • hotneux
  • ohnteux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of honteux - 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.

hhonteux1hnoteux2honetux2honnteux1honteuxx1hontexu2hontteux1hontuex2
Edit distance from "honteux"

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 "honteux"?
"honteux" is spelled H-O-N-T-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\.
What does "honteux" mean?
As an adjective, "honteux" means: Qui éprouve de la honte.
What words are commonly confused with "honteux"?
"honteux" is commonly confused with "houleux", "honte", "honneur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "honteux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honteux" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.tø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "honteux" come from?
"honteux" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

géniale#8,552gâteaux#8,551informe#8,564jumeaux#8,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

honneurs10 variantsLisbonne10 variantsnotable10 variantsopposent10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list