Which to use
“hotte” and “hutte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,336
- “hotte” frequency rank
- #33,288
- “hutte” frequency rank
- 72624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hotte | hutte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos. | Petite cabane faite de bois, de terre, de paille, etc. |
Where the eye mixes hotte and hutte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hotte and hutte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: hotte vs hutte
A purely visual mix-up. hotte (^((h aspiré))\ɔt\) and hutte (^((h aspiré))\yt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - o in “hotte” becomes u in “hutte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hotte is recorded at frequency rank #39,336, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\. hutte is at rank #33,288, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 72624, this pair ranks #43,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hotte vs hutte
Shared letters: eht. Private to "hotte": o. Private to "hutte": u.
"hotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hutte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hotte" for "hutte" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hotte" or "hutte"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hutte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hotte" and "hutte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hotte vs huttes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #43,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.