heure

^((h muet))\œʁ\

/^((h muet))\œʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“heure” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#346
frequency rank, French
109,908
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heure · heure · French

heure · rank #346 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #346
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 109,908
  • PHOTO-FINISH façon

Nearest frequency peer: façon (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “heure”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “heure” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

heure vs hue
60% similar
heure vs hour
60% similar
heure vs hume
60% similar

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

Key facts for heure
PropertyValue
Headwordheure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\œʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#346
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “heure” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). heure lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around heure (IPA ^((h muet))\œʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #346 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for heure, with forms such as "ehure", "herue", and "heuer". 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, "hue", "hour", "hume", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is heure, spelled H-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes.
  2. 2
    Durée mesurée par cette unité.
  3. 3
    Ce temps qui est consacré à une tâche, à une activité, etc. — Note d’usage : Il est alors suivi de la préposition de.
  4. 4
    Une des vingt-quatre divisions de la journée, durant soixante minutes.
  5. 5
    Moment d’une journée.
  6. 6
    Moment du jour considéré par rapport au temps, aux heures écoulées depuis minuit ou depuis midi.
  7. 7
    Indique l’heure et la minute sur le cadran de 24 heures montrées respectivement avec deux chiffres.
  8. 8
    Indication de l’heure qu’il est, donnée par une horloge, par une montre, etc.
  9. 9
    Les signes d’un cadran qui servent à l’indication des heures.
  10. 10
    Moment qu’on indique, qu’on fixe pour un rendez-vous, pour une affaire, etc.
  11. 11
    Moment de la journée où l’on fait habituellement quelque chose.
  12. 12
    Divers moments de la journée, par rapport à la manière dont on les passe, dont on les emploie.
  13. 13
    Temps, moment ou époque quelconque.
  14. 14
    (Avec article défini et complément de nom et, souvent, le verbe sonner) Moment où une chose arrive ou doit arriver.
  15. 15
    Temps, moment où quelque chose doit arriver à quelqu’un.
  16. 16
    Le moment de la mort.
  17. 17
    Unité d’angle valant 15 degrés.
  18. 18
    Trente degrés, utilisé pour indiquer les directions approximatives selon le cadran de 12 heures.
  19. 19
    Livre d’heures. → voir heures

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La grande avenue était complètement déserte : on avait accordé trois heures aux habitants pour vider les lieux, et tout le monde, semblait-il, s’était hâté d’en profiter.
  2. […] on la fait tremper pendant trois ou quatre heures, après quoi on la retire du bain, on laisse égoutter et on essore.

Synonyms

plombe

This word in other languages

hour(English)hora(Español)Stunde(Deutsch)hora(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehure
  • herue
  • heuer
  • heurre
  • hheure
  • huere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ehure2herue2heuer2heurre1hheure1huere2
Edit distance from "heure"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heure"?
"heure" is spelled H-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\œʁ\.
What does "heure" mean?
As a noun, "heure" means: Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes.
What words are commonly confused with "heure"?
"heure" is commonly confused with "hue", "hour", "hume". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heure" is ^((h muet))\œʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heure" come from?
"heure" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

façon#345jeune#338début#335étais#358

Similar misspelling depth

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

fils6 variantsvont6 variantsêtes6 variantsligne6 variants
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list