Hugh

name

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The verdict

“Hugh” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,152
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin, correspondant à Hugues.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hugh · Hugh · French

Hugh · rank #17,152 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,152
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH harmonisation

Nearest frequency peer: harmonisation (-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 « Hugh »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Hugh » 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).

Hugh vs hum
25% similar
Hugh vs hui
25% similar
Hugh vs huh
50% similar

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

Key facts for Hugh
PropertyValue
HeadwordHugh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,152
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hugh »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « harmonisation » (#17,151), « ham » (#17,150), « hypothèque » (#17,154). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hugh » est au #17,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Hugh, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,152 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, correspondant à Hugues.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hugh, with forms such as "hguh", "hhugh", and "huggh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "hui", "huh", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 Hugh, spelled H-U-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, correspondant à Hugues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, l’hôte le plus célèbre de la station est sans doute l’acteur britannique Hugh Grant, passionné de golf, qui cherche actuellement à acquérir une propriété dans la région.
  2. C’est comme lorsque, de chez moi, je regarde les nouvelles à travers l’écran de télé ou d’un ordinateur : je n’y vois toujours que le pire, avait expliqué Hugh Howey à 20 Minutes, lors de la sortie de sa trilogie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hguh
  • hhugh
  • huggh
  • hughh
  • huhg
  • uhgh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hguh2hhugh1huggh1hughh1huhg2uhgh2
Edit distance from "Hugh"

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 "Hugh"?
"Hugh" is spelled H-U-G-H.
What does "Hugh" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hugh" means: Prénom masculin, correspondant à Hugues.
What words are commonly confused with "Hugh"?
"Hugh" is commonly confused with "hum", "hui", "huh". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Hugh" come from?
"Hugh" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

evil#17,132June#17,177dogs#17,116miam#17,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

intro6 variantsJohan6 variantslisée6 variantsNash6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list