hublot

^((h aspiré))\y.blo\

/^((h aspiré))\y.blo\/ noun

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The verdict

“hublot” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,989
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit sabord, petite ouverture, généralement ronde, percée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau, pour donner du jour et de l’air, pour laisser passer les câbles, la barre du gouvernail, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hublot · hublot · French

hublot · rank #35,989 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,989
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hortefeux

Nearest frequency peer: Hortefeux (-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 « hublot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hublot » 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).

hublot vs hulot
83% similar
hublot vs hubert
67% similar
hublot vs houblon
71% similar

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

Key facts for hublot
PropertyValue
Headwordhublot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\y.blo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,989
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hublot »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hublotse 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 « Hortefeux » (#35,988), « humiliante » (#35,990), « homélie » (#35,987). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hublot » est au #35,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hublot (IPA ^((h aspiré))\y.blo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,989 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hublot, with forms such as "hbulot", "hhublot", and "hubblot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hulot", "hubert", "houblon", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hublot, spelled H-U-B-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit sabord, petite ouverture, généralement ronde, percée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau, pour donner du jour et de l’air, pour laisser passer les câbles, la barre du gouvernail, etc.
  2. 2
    Ouverture vitrée dans les parois de la carlingue d’un avion.
  3. 3
    Fenêtre ronde.
  4. 4
    Partie vitrée d’un appareil qui permet de regarder à l’intérieur de l’appareil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le bruit mélancolique du vaisseau gémissant, l’éclat des vagues qui venaient se briser en jaillissant contre le hublot.
  2. Quelquefois, par les hublots, on voyait glisser le flanc d’une barque qui accostait le navire pour prendre ou déposer des voyageurs.

This word in other languages

porthole(English)ventanilla(Español)Bullauge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hbulot
  • hhublot
  • hubblot
  • hubllot
  • hublott
  • hublto
  • hubolt
  • hulbot
  • uhblot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hbulot2hhublot1hubblot1hubllot1hublott1hublto2hubolt2hulbot2
Edit distance from "hublot"

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 "hublot"?
"hublot" is spelled H-U-B-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\y.blo\.
What does "hublot" mean?
As a noun, "hublot" means: Petit sabord, petite ouverture, généralement ronde, percée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau, pour donner du jour et de l’air, pour laisser passer les câbles, la barre du gouvernail, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "hublot"?
"hublot" is commonly confused with "hulot", "hubert", "houblon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hublot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hublot" is ^((h aspiré))\y.blo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hublot" come from?
"hublot" 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 "hublot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indoor#35,996gobain#35,968Gladys#35,966gazole#35,962

Similar misspelling depth

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

Guevara9 variantsgriffon9 variantsgoodies9 variantsgarner9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list