huile

^((h muet))\ɥil\

/^((h muet))\ɥil\/ noun

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The verdict

“huile” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,128
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps gras d’origine végétale ou animale utilisé dans plusieurs domaines de l’alimentation, des arts, de l’industrie, de la médecine, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-huile · huile · French

huile · rank #2,128 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,128
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH fédération

Nearest frequency peer: fédération (-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 « huile »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « huile » 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).

huile vs huit
60% similar
huile vs huis
60% similar
huile vs hull
60% similar

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

Key facts for huile
PropertyValue
Headwordhuile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\ɥil\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,128
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « huile »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).huilese 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 « fédération » (#2,127), « inquiète » (#2,129), « fous » (#2,126). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « huile » est au #2,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around huile (IPA ^((h muet))\ɥil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,128 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for huile, with forms such as "hhuile", "hiule", and "huiel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "huit", "huis", "hull", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is huile, spelled H-U-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps gras d’origine végétale ou animale utilisé dans plusieurs domaines de l’alimentation, des arts, de l’industrie, de la médecine, etc.
  2. 2
    Peinture fabriqué avec un liant à base d’huile.
  3. 3
    Œuvre d’art réalisée à l’aide d’une peinture à l’huile.
  4. 4
    Lubrifiant.
  5. 5
    Personnalité importante, influente. — Note d’usage : Ce mot féminin n'a pas de masculin correspondant, et, dans ce sens, il peut désigner des hommes.
  6. 6
    Personne ou chose qui facilite le fonctionnement de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un des devants de mon pourpoint est couvert d’une grande tache de l’huile de la lampe.
  2. Quelquefois on remplace le sulfate de cuivre par la créosote, huile très-caustique que l’on obtient par la distillation du goudron de houille.

Synonyms

peinture à l’huile

This word in other languages

oil(English)aceite(Español)Öl(Deutsch)óleo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhuile
  • hiule
  • huiel
  • huille
  • hulie
  • uhile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of huile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhuile1hiule2huiel2huille1hulie2uhile2
Edit distance from "huile"

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 "huile"?
"huile" is spelled H-U-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\ɥil\.
What does "huile" mean?
As a noun, "huile" means: Corps gras d’origine végétale ou animale utilisé dans plusieurs domaines de l’alimentation, des arts, de l’industrie, de la médecine, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "huile"?
"huile" is commonly confused with "huit", "huis", "hull". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "huile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huile" is ^((h muet))\ɥil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huile" come from?
"huile" 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 "huile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finit#2,125James#2,131aient#2,108usine#2,106

Similar misspelling depth

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

soeur6 variantsessaye6 variantshaine6 variantsmonte6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list