Huhn
\huːn\
The verdict
“Huhn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poule (animal).
Corpus desk
Index FR-huhn · Huhn · French
Huhn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Huhn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \huːn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Huhn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \huːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Huhn, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Huhn, spelled H-U-H-N.
Definition
- 1Poule (animal).
- 2Poulet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Huhn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Detlef kann ausgezeichnet Tierstimmen imitieren: Er gackert wie ein Huhn, schnattert wie eine Ente, wiehert wie ein Pferd oder bellt wie ein Hund.
"Chicken or pasta?" war lange Jahre die Standardfrage der Flugbegleiterinnen an die Passagiere, dutzendfach gestellt in zehn Kilometer Flughöhe. Wer in einer der hintersten Reihen saß, hatte mitunter nicht einmal diese eingeschränkte Wahl, weil entweder das Huhn oder die Nudeln bereits aus waren.
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.