husky
^((h aspiré))\ys.ki\
The verdict
“husky” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,494
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une des races de chien de type spitz, à l’origine chiens de traîneau des Inuits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-husky · husky · French
husky · rank #44,494 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,494
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH holder
Nearest frequency peer: holder (-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 « husky »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Helga
Helga
55,510 corpus weight
- Hicham
Hicham
55,509 corpus weight
- holder
holder
55,508 corpus weight
- husky
husky
55,507 corpus weight
- huttes
huttes
55,506 corpus weight
- IGP
IGP
55,504 corpus weight
What this shows « husky » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | husky |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ys.ki\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « husky »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around husky (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ys.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,494 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Une des races de chien de type spitz, à l’origine chiens de traîneau des Inuits.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for husky, with forms such as "hhusky", "hsuky", and "huksy". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hulk", "huskies", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is husky, spelled H-U-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1Une des races de chien de type spitz, à l’origine chiens de traîneau des Inuits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how husky appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les huskies font partie du groupe 5 du classement des races de chien par la société centrale canine ou SCC.
Le soir venu, Perrault ramena encore un autre chien, un vieux husky, long, maigre, décharné, couvert de glorieuses cicatrices récoltées en maint combat, et possesseur d’un œil unique, mais cet œil brillait d’une telle vaillance qu’il inspirait aussitôt le respect.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhusky
- hsuky
- huksy
- huskky
- huskyy
- hussky
- husyk
- uhsky
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of husky - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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