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 May 6, 2026) - Énergie produite par les chutes d’eau.
| 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) |
Where “houille blanche” sits in French frequency
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.
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.
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Using “houille blanche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-U-I-L-L-E- -B-L-A-N-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\uj blɑ̃ʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.