houspiller
^((h aspiré))\us.pi.je\
The verdict
“houspiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirailler et secouer quelqu’un pour le maltraiter, pour le tourmenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-houspiller · houspiller · French
houspiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | houspiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\us.pi.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
houspiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\us.pi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for houspiller in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is houspiller, spelled H-O-U-S-P-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tirailler et secouer quelqu’un pour le maltraiter, pour le tourmenter.
- 2Maltraiter quelqu’un de paroles, le critiquer, le réprimander avec aigreur ou avec malice.
- 3En parlant d'oiseaux ou de petits mammifères, attaquer, harceler collectivement un prédateur potentiel, de manière simulée ou non.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how houspiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tantôt c’était un béjaune (on appelait ainsi les nouveaux débarqués à l’Université) qu’il avait houspillé pour sa bienvenue.
Une à une, elles vont appeler leur enfant resté dans le préau, ensuite elles se rejoignent à quelques pas de l’école et recommencent leur conversation, flanquées de leurs gamins qui se houspillent.
This word in other languages
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.