Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

houff

/hˈoʊf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: houff
IPA: /hˈoʊf/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

A variant of Huff, or an altered spelling of German Hauff.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Hauff

Inflected Forms

Houffs (plural)

Rhymes With

loaf plouffe shoaf shoaff sroufe

Questions

How do you pronounce houff?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈoʊf/.
What does houff mean?: A surname.
Where does houff come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce houff

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