In French, the initial 'h' is mute. Here is "hospital" in French as an example. See the "Pronunciation" section.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B4pital

So the occurrence is quite possible.

Even some English speakers omit the H, 'appiness. Give it a little inflection and you've got yourself a penis. I did watch a French burlesque show that had a comedy bit based in on this very mispronunciation, but that may well have been contrived.

happiness => 'appinesss => a penis