hutte

^((h aspiré))\yt\

/^((h aspiré))\yt\/ noun

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The verdict

“hutte” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,288) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#33,288
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite cabane faite de bois, de terre, de paille, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hutte · hutte · French

hutte · rank #33,288 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,288
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hygiéniques

Nearest frequency peer: hygiéniques (+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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « hutte »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « hutte » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

hutte vs hutu
60% similar
hutte vs huttes
83% similar
hutte vs hue
60% similar

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

Key facts for hutte
PropertyValue
Headwordhutte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\yt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,288
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « hutte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).huttese 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 « hygiéniques » (#33,289), « hiérarchiques » (#33,286), « hébergements » (#33,290). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hutte » est au #33,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for hutte is neighbouring look-alikes ("hutu", "huttes", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yt\. Frequency #33,288 among 1,969 “H” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for hutte, with forms such as "hhutte", "htute", and "hutet". 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, "hutu", "huttes", "hue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hutte, spelled H-U-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite cabane faite de bois, de terre, de paille, etc.
  2. 2
    Loge ambulante dans laquelle l’oiseleur se cache pour la pipée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce n’était pas la première fois que la tempête les surprenait ainsi, à quelques centaines de milles des forts de la Compagnie, sans qu’ils eussent une hutte d’Esquimaux ou une cahute d’Indien pour abriter leur tête.
  2. Dans une fente de la montagne se trouve un pauvre petit coin de verdure, au milieu duquel on aperçoit une demi-douzaine de huttes en terre couvertes de gazon : ce sont les habitations des insulaires.

Synonyms

baraqueburoncabanecasegourbihabitationlogemaisonpaillottewigwam

This word in other languages

hut(English)cabaña(Español)Hütte(Deutsch)cabana(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhutte
  • htute
  • hutet
  • uhtte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhutte1htute2hutet2uhtte2
Edit distance from "hutte"

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 "hutte"?
"hutte" is spelled H-U-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\yt\.
What does "hutte" mean?
As a noun, "hutte" means: Petite cabane faite de bois, de terre, de paille, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "hutte"?
"hutte" is commonly confused with "hutu", "huttes", "hue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hutte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hutte" is ^((h aspiré))\yt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hutte" come from?
"hutte" 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 "hutte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

graph#33,279gerer#33,273gaîté#33,272Janus#33,317

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list