hauteur

/o.tœʁ/

//o.tœʁ// noun

The verdict

“hauteur” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altura:

Corpus desk

Index PT-hauteur · hauteur · Portuguese

hauteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for hauteur
PropertyValue
Headwordhauteur
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/o.tœʁ/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hauteur” em português

hauteurnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hauteur is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /o.tœʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hauteur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is hauteur, spelled H-A-U-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    altura:
  2. 2
    altitude
  3. 3
    altura, localização de um ponto em certo espaço:
  4. 4
    profundidade:
  5. 5
    altura, elevação
  6. 6
    altura, menor distância de um ponto até uma linha ou plano
  7. 7
    altura, intensidade da frequência de um som:
  8. 8
    superioridade, grandeza
  9. 9
    arrogância, soberba, orgulho

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hauteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les eaux s'élevèrent à une hauteur considérable.
  2. Cet oiseau vole à une très grande hauteur.

Synonyms

profondeurarroganceorgueil

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hauteur"?
"hauteur" is spelled H-A-U-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is /o.tœʁ/.
What does "hauteur" mean?
As a noun, "hauteur" means: altura:
How do you pronounce "hauteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hauteur" is /o.tœʁ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hauteur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list