Which to use
“hotte” and “huttes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,336
- “hotte” frequency rank
- #44,495
- “huttes” frequency rank
- 83831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hotte | huttes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos. | Pluriel de hutte. |
Where the eye mixes hotte and huttes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hotte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against huttes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses hotte with huttes
A purely visual mix-up. hotte (^((h aspiré))\ɔt\) and huttes (^((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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83831, 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\. huttes is at rank #44,495, 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 83831, this pair ranks #14,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hotte vs huttes
Shared letters: eht. Private to "hotte": o. Private to "huttes": su.
"hotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "huttes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hotte" and "huttes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hotte" vs "huttes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hotte" and "huttes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "huttes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,098 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hotte" and "huttes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haltes 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 #14,098 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.