Which to use
“hark” is a verb and “Havre” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,592
- “hark” frequency rank
- #39,347
- “Havre” frequency rank
- 75939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hark | Havre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To listen attentively. | Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France. |
Letter map: hark vs Havre
Shared letters muted; letters that set hark and Havre apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hark runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Havre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hark and Havre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hark is averb and Havreaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hark is recorded at frequency rank #36,592, classified as averb, pronounced /hɑː(ɹ)k/. Havre is at rank #39,347, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 75939, this pair ranks #31,595 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hark vs Havre
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hark": k. Private to "Havre": ev.
"hark" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Havre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hark" and "Havre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hark" or "Havre"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "hark" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Havre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,595 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hark" and "Havre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Havre vs Hoare". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #31,595 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.