inhouden
The verdict
“inhouden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inhouden · inhouden · French
inhouden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inhouden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
inhouden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for inhouden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inhouden, spelled I-N-H-O-U-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Contenir.
- 2Renfermer.
- 3Impliquer.
- 4Retrancher, déduire.
- 5Comprimer, refouler.
- 6Hoqueter.
- 7Se retenir, se contenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inhouden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dit karton houdt zes flessen in.
Een text die veel filosofie inhoudt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.