H

French consonant

The letter H is always silent in French, yet there are two different types:

  1. H muet, which acts like a vowel
  2. H aspiré, which acts like a consonant

Click the links for more info as well as fairly complete lists of words that start with each type of H.

French sound filesPar exemple…
the letter h
l’homme man
heureux happy
le hasard chance
haut high

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