houpette
^((h aspiré))\u.pɛt\
The verdict
“houpette” 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) - Tangara noir huppé de Cayenne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houpette · houpette · French
houpette · 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 | houpette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\u.pɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « houpette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
houpette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\u.pɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for houpette in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is houpette, spelled H-O-U-P-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tangara noir huppé de Cayenne.
- 2Mèche de cheveux rebelle consistant en une touffe rétive au coiffage.
- 3Petit ciseau utilisé par les sculpteurs pour creuser des ornements, des détails fins
- 4Petit tampon de mousse, de tissus, de plumes, etc. servant au maquillage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how houpette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le domaine physique, celui du graphisme, Hergé est son géniteur; c’est lui qui donne vie au petit reporter, avec sa tête ronde, sa houpette dressée et ses costumes bien coupés.
Les comédiennes se serviront – de préférence - d'une houpette en duvet de cygne. En la secouant avant de se poudrer, nous éviterons d'en mettre une trop grande quantité.
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.