hutu
\u.tu\
The verdict
“hutu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,926
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Hutus, peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hutu · hutu · French
hutu · rank #42,926 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,926
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH huer
Nearest frequency peer: huer (-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 « hutu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- honorifiques
honorifiques
57,077 corpus weight
- huer
huer
57,076 corpus weight
- hutu
hutu
57,075 corpus weight
- hydrographi…
hydrographique
57,074 corpus weight
- hâter
hâter
57,073 corpus weight
- hébergeurs
hébergeurs
57,072 corpus weight
What this shows « hutu » 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 | hutu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \u.tu\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hutu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hutu (IPA \u.tu\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,926 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux Hutus, peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hutu, with forms such as "hhutu", "htuu", and "huttu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hum", "hot", "Heu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hutu, spelled H-U-T-U.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Hutus, peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hutu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre grande et belle famille, ni hutue ni tutsie, commença à se déchirer comme une meute de chiens affamés et fous.
Du 6 avril au 4 juillet, 800 000 personnes, en majorité des Tutsis, mais aussi des Hutus « modérés », furent exécutées par les partisans de la suprématie hutue, pendant que la communauté internationale détournait les yeux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhutu
- htuu
- huttu
- huut
- uhtu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hutu - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).