humain

\y.mɛ̃\

/\y.mɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“humain” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,294
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’espèce humaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-humain · humain · French

humain · rank #1,294 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,294
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH goût

Nearest frequency peer: goût (-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 « humain »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « humain » 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).

humain vs human
83% similar
humain vs humaine
86% similar
humain vs humains
86% similar

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

Key facts for humain
PropertyValue
Headwordhumain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.mɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,294
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « humain »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).humainse 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 « goût » (#1,293), « lettres » (#1,295), « lois » (#1,296). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « humain » est au #1,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around humain (IPA \y.mɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,294 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for humain, with forms such as "hhumain", "hmuain", and "huamin". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "human", "humaine", "humains", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is humain, spelled H-U-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’espèce humaine.
  2. 2
    Qui ressemble au comportement et aux manières de l’espèce humaine.
  3. 3
    Qui est sensible à la pitié, secourable, bienfaisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aucune forme humaine ne surgit entre les halliers, aucun bruit humain ne m’arrive. Partout le silence et partout la solitude !
  2. Lorsque l’on ne peut faire autrement que d’affronter le mauvais temps, les forces humaines se décuplent et l’esprit devient plus clairvoyant.

Antonyms

non-humaininhumain

This word in other languages

human(English)humano(Español)menschlich(Deutsch)humano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhumain
  • hmuain
  • huamin
  • humainn
  • humani
  • humian
  • hummain
  • uhmain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humain - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhumain1hmuain2huamin2humainn1humani2humian2hummain1uhmain2
Edit distance from "humain"

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 "humain"?
"humain" is spelled H-U-M-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \y.mɛ̃\.
What does "humain" mean?
As an adjective, "humain" means: Relatif à l’espèce humaine.
What words are commonly confused with "humain"?
"humain" is commonly confused with "human", "humaine", "humains". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "humain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humain" is \y.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "humain" come from?
"humain" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

madame#1,298choisi#1,286boulot#1,284vendre#1,305

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

lettres8 variantsatteint8 variantsvingt8 variantsrapide8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list