houperon
^((h aspiré))\u.pə.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“houperon” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un des noms du requin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | houperon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\u.pə.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “houperon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for houperon is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\u.pə.ʁɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Un des noms du requin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for houperon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is houperon, spelled H-O-U-P-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Un des noms du requin.
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 “houperon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-U-P-E-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\u.pə.ʁɔ̃\ (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.