hear
\ˈhɪɹ\
The verdict
“hear” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,333) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #39,333
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hear · hear · French
hear · rank #39,333 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,333
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Hayek
Nearest frequency peer: Hayek (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « hear »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- Gunners
Gunners
60,672 corpus weight
- Hathaway
Hathaway
60,670 corpus weight
- Hayek
Hayek
60,669 corpus weight
- hear
hear
60,668 corpus weight
- Hercules
Hercules
60,666 corpus weight
- hotte
hotte
60,665 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « hear » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hear |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈhɪɹ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « hear »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hear is neighbouring look-alikes ("hr", "hey", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \ˈhɪɹ\. Frequency #39,333 among 1,969 “H” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for hear, with forms such as "ehar", "hearr", and "hera". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hr", "hey", "Heu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hear, spelled H-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Entendre.
- 2Entendre parler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I hear a sound in the distance.
I hear that you may be taking a different job soon.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehar
- hearr
- hera
- hhear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hear - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).