hutin
^((h aspiré))\y.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“hutin” is uncommon French (frequency #67,583 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,583
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Querelleur ; emporté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hutin · hutin · French
hutin · rank #67,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,583
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hoverboard
Nearest frequency peer: hoverboard (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « hutin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hissent
hissent
32,421 corpus weight
- horrifiés
horrifiés
32,420 corpus weight
- hoverboard
hoverboard
32,419 corpus weight
- hutin
hutin
32,418 corpus weight
- ifi
ifi
32,416 corpus weight
- ignition
ignition
32,415 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hutin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hutin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\y.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hutin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hutin is uncommon French at frequency #67,583 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\y.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Querelleur ; emporté.".
hutin has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hutin, spelled H-U-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Querelleur ; emporté.
Synonyms
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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