Which to use
“hublot” and “hulot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,989
- “hublot” frequency rank
- #20,755
- “hulot” frequency rank
- 56744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hublot | hulot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit sabord, petite ouverture, généralement ronde, percée dans la muraille d’un vaisseau, pour donner du jour et de l’air, pour laisser passer les câbles, la barre du gouvernail, etc. | Ouverture. |
Where the eye mixes hublot and hulot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hublot runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against hulot's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hublot vs hulot
A purely visual mix-up. hublot (^((h aspiré))\y.blo\) and hulot (\y.lɔ\) 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 56744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hublot is recorded at frequency rank #35,989, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\y.blo\. hulot is at rank #20,755, tagged as anoun, pronounced \y.lɔ\.
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 56744, this pair ranks #119,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hublot vs hulot
Shared letters: hlotu. Private to "hublot": b. Private to "hulot": -.
"hublot" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hulot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hublot" for "hulot" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hublot" vs "hulot" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hublot" and "hulot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hublot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hulot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hublot" and "hulot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hulot vs hurt". 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 #119,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.