Houston

\jus.tɔn\

/\jus.tɔn\/ name

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The verdict

“Houston” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,066
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Village d’Écosse situé dans le Renfrewshire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-houston · Houston · French

Houston · rank #11,066 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,066
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harold

Nearest frequency peer: Harold (-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 « Houston »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Houston » 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).

Houston vs Huston
86% similar
Houston vs Husson
71% similar
Houston vs hosto
57% similar

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

Key facts for Houston
PropertyValue
HeadwordHouston
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\jus.tɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,066
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Houston »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Houstonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Harold » (#11,065), « Hugues » (#11,067), « habituels » (#11,064). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Houston » est au #11,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Houston (IPA \jus.tɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,066 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Houston, with forms such as "hhouston", "hosuton", and "housotn". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Huston", "Husson", "hosto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Houston, spelled H-O-U-S-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Village d’Écosse situé dans le Renfrewshire.
  2. 2
    Ville du Texas, aux États-Unis.
  3. 3
    Ville d’Alaska, aux États-Unis.
  4. 4
    Ville du Delaware, aux États-Unis.
  5. 5
    Ville du Minnesota, aux États-Unis.

This word in other languages

Houston(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhouston
  • hosuton
  • housotn
  • housston
  • houstno
  • houstonn
  • houstton
  • houtson
  • huoston
  • ohuston

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Houston - 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.

hhouston1hosuton2housotn2housston1houstno2houstonn1houstton1houtson2
Edit distance from "Houston"

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 "Houston"?
"Houston" is spelled H-O-U-S-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \jus.tɔn\.
What does "Houston" mean?
As a proper noun, "Houston" means: Village d’Écosse situé dans le Renfrewshire.
What words are commonly confused with "Houston"?
"Houston" is commonly confused with "Huston", "Husson", "hosto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Houston"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Houston" is \jus.tɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Houston" come from?
"Houston" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hérault#11,069fouille#11,056Florent#11,051fiables#11,050

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

modérée10 variantsexigent10 variantsparlera10 variantsDouglas10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list