hulotte
^((h aspiré))\y.lɔt\
The verdict
“hulotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de chouette, la chouette hulotte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hulotte · hulotte · French
hulotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | hulotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\y.lɔt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hulotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\y.lɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hulotte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hulotte, spelled H-U-L-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de chouette, la chouette hulotte.
- 2Papillon de nuit, noctuidé, dont l’aile postérieure, de couleur jaune orangé avec une bande noire parallèle au bord externe, présente une tache noire sur la nervure transversale.
- 3Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle ne se distingue pas de la chouette. À rapprocher de chouette et hibou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hulotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela me serait insupportable, d’autant plus que, la nuit venue, je ne verrai rien, n’étant point nyctalope comme les hiboux, les chouettes, les hulottes et les chats de gouttière.
La hulotte venait jusque sur le vieil orme qui était près de la porte. Son hululement très doux semblait nous dire bonsoir ; puis elle s’envolait, et ses grandes ailes passaient en silence au-dessus de nous.
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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.