houligan
^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡɑ̃\
The verdict
“houligan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de hooligan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houligan · houligan · French
houligan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | houligan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « houligan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
houligan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\u.li.ɡɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
houligan has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is houligan, spelled H-O-U-L-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Variante de hooligan.
- 2Variante de hooligan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how houligan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Menacé du fameux article 190 du Code pénal, Litvinov demande au représentant du K.G.B., nommé Gostev : […] L : Donc, n’importe quelle perturbation de l’ordre public serait du houliganisme ? Par exemple traverser la rue là où il ne faut pas, est-ce se comporter en houligan ? G : Pavel Mikhailovitch, vous comprenez parfaitement ce dont il s’agit. Mettez-vou…
Le houligan est un élément anti-social, particulièrement dangereux, un véritable ennemi du peuple. Il refuse par défi de s’intégrer dans l’ordre […], il se moque de la dignité de l’homme qui travaille
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.