huit

\ɥit\

/\ɥit\/ adj

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The verdict

“huit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#966
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 8.

Corpus desk

Index FR-huit · huit · French

huit · rank #966 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #966
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH grave

Nearest frequency peer: grave (-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 « huit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « huit » 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).

huit vs hum
50% similar
huit vs Hut
50% similar
huit vs hunt
75% similar

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

Key facts for huit
PropertyValue
Headwordhuit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɥit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#966
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « huit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.huitse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grave » (#965), « lumière » (#967), « exactement » (#964). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « huit » est au #966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around huit (IPA \ɥit\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #966 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for huit, with forms such as "hhuit", "hiut", and "huitt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "Hut", "hunt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is huit, spelled H-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 8.
  2. 2
    Huitième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En conséquence , on dit simplement une noire vaut deux croches ou quatre doubles-croches , ou huit triples-croches, ou seize quadruples-croches.
  2. Mes chaussures neuves, qui me serraient un peu les chevilles, disaient à chaque pas : « huit, huit, huit, huit ! »

This word in other languages

eight(English)ocho(Español)acht(Deutsch)oito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhuit
  • hiut
  • huitt
  • huti
  • uhit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhuit1hiut2huitt1huti2uhit2
Edit distance from "huit"

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 "huit"?
"huit" is spelled H-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɥit\.
What does "huit" mean?
As an adjective, "huit" means: Sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 8.
What words are commonly confused with "huit"?
"huit" is commonly confused with "hum", "Hut", "hunt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "huit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "huit" is \ɥit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "huit" come from?
"huit" 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 "huit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Note5 variantsfaux5 variantsvaut5 variantspaix5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list