houille blanche
^((h aspiré))\uj blɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“houille blanche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énergie produite par les chutes d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houille-blanche · houille blanche · French
houille blanche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | houille blanche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\uj blɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « houille blanche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
houille blanche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\uj blɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énergie produite par les chutes d’eau.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for houille blanche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is houille blanche, spelled H-O-U-I-L-L-E- -B-L-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Énergie produite par les chutes d’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how houille blanche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les glaciers des montagnes peuvent, étant exploités en forces motrices, être pour leur région et pour l’État des richesses aussi précieuses que la houille des profondeurs. Lorsqu’on regarde la source des milliers de chevaux ainsi obtenus et leur puissant service, les glaciers ne sont plus des glaciers ; c’est la mine de la houille blanche à laquelle on pu…
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.