Hutus
\u.tu\
The verdict
“Hutus” is uncommon French (frequency #54,010 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,010
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hutus · Hutus · French
Hutus · rank #54,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,010
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH huron
Nearest frequency peer: huron (-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 « Hutus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- horlogers
horlogers
45,995 corpus weight
- huron
huron
45,992 corpus weight
- Hutus
Hutus
45,991 corpus weight
- hésiterait
hésiterait
45,990 corpus weight
- ibuprofène
ibuprofène
45,989 corpus weight
- impies
impies
45,988 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hutus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hutus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \u.tu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hutus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hutus is uncommon French at frequency #54,010 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \u.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Hutus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Hutus, spelled H-U-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Peuple d’Afrique centrale majoritaire au Rwanda et au Burundi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hutus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette citation montre le degré d’hostilité où en étaient arrivés les Tutsis et les Hutus au Rwanda. Les Belges essayèrent de tempérer cette situation explosive, sans y réussir cependant.
Les Hutus s’acharnèrent de toute la force de leur haine ancestrale contre leurs anciens maîtres, taillèrent en pièces les Hutus et jetèrent leurs cadavres dans les fleuves infestés de crocodiles.
This word in other languages
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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