houmous

^((h aspiré))\u.mus\

/^((h aspiré))\u.mus\/ noun

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The verdict

“houmous” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,215
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préparation culinaire du Moyen-Orient, composée notamment de purée de pois chiches et de tahini (aussi appelé « tahina »).

Corpus desk

Index FR-houmous · houmous · French

houmous · rank #46,215 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,215
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hormonaux

Nearest frequency peer: hormonaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « houmous »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « houmous » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

houmous vs humus
71% similar
houmous vs humour
71% similar
houmous vs homos
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for houmous
PropertyValue
Headwordhoumous
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\u.mus\
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,215
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « houmous »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).houmousse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hormonaux » (#46,214), « humanoïdes » (#46,217), « Husserl » (#46,218). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « houmous » est au #46,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around houmous (IPA ^((h aspiré))\u.mus\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,215 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Préparation culinaire du Moyen-Orient, composée notamment de purée de pois chiches et de tahini (aussi appelé « tahina »).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for houmous, with forms such as "hhoumous", "homuous", and "hoummous". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "humus", "humour", "homos", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 houmous, spelled H-O-U-M-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préparation culinaire du Moyen-Orient, composée notamment de purée de pois chiches et de tahini (aussi appelé « tahina »).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how houmous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce café-bar rétro au style décalé mitonne salades, sandwichs, quiches, houmous, assiettes de fromage et de charcuterie et nombreux plats végétariens pour une clientèle tendance.
  2. Je commande toujours la même chose : du houmous allégé avec des graines germées et deux tranches de pain aux flocons d'avoine ([…]).

This word in other languages

hummus(English)hummus(Español)Hummus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhoumous
  • homuous
  • hoummous
  • houmosu
  • houmouss
  • houmuos
  • houomus
  • huomous
  • ohumous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of houmous - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhoumous1homuous2hoummous1houmosu2houmouss1houmuos2houomus2huomous2
Edit distance from "houmous"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "houmous"?
"houmous" is spelled H-O-U-M-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\u.mus\.
What does "houmous" mean?
As a noun, "houmous" means: Préparation culinaire du Moyen-Orient, composée notamment de purée de pois chiches et de tahini (aussi appelé « tahina »).
What words are commonly confused with "houmous"?
"houmous" is commonly confused with "humus", "humour", "homos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "houmous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "houmous" is ^((h aspiré))\u.mus\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "houmous" come from?
"houmous" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "houmous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Husserl#46,218hobbies#46,210impairs#46,223groupie#46,199

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Haynes9 variantsgluant9 variantsirriguer9 variantsgarrigue9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list