Houdini
^((h aspiré))\u.di.ni\
The verdict
“Houdini” is uncommon French (frequency #56,653 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,653
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pseudonyme de Ehrich Weisz, célèbre magicien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houdini · Houdini · French
Houdini · rank #56,653 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,653
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH horrifique
Nearest frequency peer: horrifique (-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 « Houdini »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- heurtés
heurtés
43,352 corpus weight
- horrifique
horrifique
43,349 corpus weight
- Houdini
Houdini
43,348 corpus weight
- huff
huff
43,347 corpus weight
- hutch
hutch
43,346 corpus weight
- Huygens
Huygens
43,345 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Houdini » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Houdini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\u.di.ni\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Houdini » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Houdini is uncommon French at frequency #56,653 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\u.di.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pseudonyme de Ehrich Weisz, célèbre magicien.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Houdini, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Houdini, spelled H-O-U-D-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Pseudonyme de Ehrich Weisz, célèbre magicien.
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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