houille brune
^((h aspiré))\uj bʁyn\
The verdict
“houille brune” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sédiment végétal fossilisé utilisé comme combustible de valeur énergétique moyenne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houille-brune · houille brune · French
houille brune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 brune |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\uj bʁyn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
houille brune is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\uj bʁyn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sédiment végétal fossilisé utilisé comme combustible de valeur énergétique moyenne.".
houille brune has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is houille brune, spelled H-O-U-I-L-L-E- -B-R-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Sédiment végétal fossilisé utilisé comme combustible de valeur énergétique moyenne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how houille brune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les minéralogistes divisent la houille en houille brune, houille noire, et houille éclatante ou anthracite.
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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.