hart

^((h aspiré))\aʁ\

/^((h aspiré))\aʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“hart” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,693
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de lien fait d’osier, ou d’autre bois souple, dont on lie les fagots, les bourrées, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hart · hart · French

hart · rank #14,693 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,693
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hanouna

Nearest frequency peer: Hanouna (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hart »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hart » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hart vs hr
50% similar
hart vs hot
50% similar
hart vs has
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hart
PropertyValue
Headwordhart
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\aʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,693
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hart »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hartse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hanouna » (#14,692), « hit » (#14,695), « généralité » (#14,690). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hart » est au #14,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hart (IPA ^((h aspiré))\aʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,693 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hart, with forms such as "ahrt", "harrt", and "hartt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hr", "hot", "has", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hart, spelled H-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de lien fait d’osier, ou d’autre bois souple, dont on lie les fagots, les bourrées, etc.
  2. 2
    Corde avec laquelle on étranglait les criminels.
  3. 3
    Chevillette de fer en demi-cercle et fixée à la muraille, sur laquelle le gantier et le peaussier passent et étirent les peaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. …on laisse le bout supérieur de ce mât déborder le soin pour pouvoir y attacher, avec des harts, des playons, au bout desquels sont pareillement attachées de grosses pierres, qui empêchent que le vent n'emporte la pointe de la meule.
  2. Le saule, le peuplier, le noisetier, l'aune, le bouleau, le hêtre et le chêne, sont les essences de bois que l'on doit préférer pour les fascines, les harts, clayons et piquets, à employer pour la confection des matériaux de sape.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrt
  • harrt
  • hartt
  • hatr
  • hhart
  • hrat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hart - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahrt2harrt1hartt1hatr2hhart1hrat2
Edit distance from "hart"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hart"?
"hart" is spelled H-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\aʁ\.
What does "hart" mean?
As a noun, "hart" means: Espèce de lien fait d’osier, ou d’autre bois souple, dont on lie les fagots, les bourrées, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "hart"?
"hart" is commonly confused with "hr", "hot", "has". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hart" is ^((h aspiré))\aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hart" come from?
"hart" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hart", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list