diff --git a/grammar.go b/grammar.go
index b77948f..95c2f96 100644
--- a/grammar.go
+++ b/grammar.go
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ func looksLikeFrenchPlural(word string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	lower := core.Lower(trimmed)
+	if isFrenchAspiratedHWord(lower) {
+		return false
+	}
 	if core.HasSuffix(lower, "aux") || core.HasSuffix(lower, "eaux") {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -607,10 +610,14 @@ func looksLikeFrenchPlural(word string) bool {
 }
 
 func startsWithVowelSound(word string) bool {
-	lower := core.Lower(core.Trim(word))
+	trimmed := core.Trim(word)
+	lower := core.Lower(trimmed)
 	if lower == "" {
 		return false
 	}
+	if isFrenchAspiratedHWord(lower) {
+		return false
+	}
 	r := []rune(lower)
 	switch r[0] {
 	case 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y',
@@ -621,6 +628,15 @@ func startsWithVowelSound(word string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func isFrenchAspiratedHWord(word string) bool {
+	switch word {
+	case "haricot", "héron", "héros", "honte", "hache", "hasard", "hibou", "houx", "hurluberlu":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func isFrenchLanguage(lang string) bool {
 	lang = core.Lower(lang)
 	return lang == "fr" || core.HasPrefix(lang, "fr-")
diff --git a/grammar_test.go b/grammar_test.go
index 0ee4bf2..618ca22 100644
--- a/grammar_test.go
+++ b/grammar_test.go
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ func TestArticleFrenchElisionKeepsLeadingConsonant(t *testing.T) {
 			"amie":   {One: "amie", Other: "amies", Gender: "f"},
 			"accord": {One: "accord", Other: "accords", Gender: "d"},
 			"homme":  {One: "homme", Other: "hommes", Gender: "m"},
+			"héros":  {One: "héros", Other: "héros", Gender: "m"},
 			"idole":  {One: "idole", Other: "idoles", Gender: "j"},
 		},
 		Articles: ArticleForms{
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ func TestArticleFrenchElisionKeepsLeadingConsonant(t *testing.T) {
 		want string
 	}{
 		{"homme", "l'"},
+		{"héros", "le"},
 		{"amie", "l'"},
 		{"accord", "d'"},
 		{"idole", "j'"},
@@ -643,6 +645,7 @@ func TestDefinitePhraseFrenchLocale(t *testing.T) {
 		{"amis", "les amis"},
 		{"enfant", "l'enfant"},
 		{"fichier", "le fichier"},
+		{"héros", "le héros"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {