huée
^((h aspiré))\y.e\
The verdict
“huée” is an uncommon French word, ranked #94,892 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,892
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit que les traqueurs font après le loup, soit pour le faire lever, soit pour le pousser vers les chasseurs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | huée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\y.e\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “huée” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for huée is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\y.e\. Corpus data places it at rank #94,892 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for huée in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is huée, spelled H-U-É-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit que les traqueurs font après le loup, soit pour le faire lever, soit pour le pousser vers les chasseurs.
- 2Cris de dérision par lesquels une réunion de personnes témoigne son mécontentement ou son mépris.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “huée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-U-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h aspiré))\y.e\ (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.