heurter

^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\

/^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“heurter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,768
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrer brusquement en contact.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heurter · heurter · French

heurter · rank #18,768 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,768
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH had

Nearest frequency peer: had (-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 « heurter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « heurter » 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).

heurter vs hurler
71% similar
heurter vs hunter
71% similar
heurter vs heurts
71% similar

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

Key facts for heurter
PropertyValue
Headwordheurter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,768
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « heurter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).heurterse 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 « had » (#18,767), « hmmm » (#18,769), « hoc » (#18,770). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « heurter » est au #18,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around heurter (IPA ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,768 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for heurter, with forms such as "ehurter", "heruter", and "heuretr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "hurler", "hunter", "heurts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is heurter, spelled H-E-U-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entrer brusquement en contact.
  2. 2
    Entrer en collision avec un corps.
  3. 3
    Frapper à une porte pour que l’on vous ouvre.
  4. 4
    Contrecarrer.
  5. 5
    Entrer brusquement en contact.
  6. 6
    (réfléchi) Rencontrer une difficulté majeure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces médailles furent découvertes dans le champ dit de la Guillelmine, près de Limoise, dans un pot de terre vernie et qui fut brisé par le soc de la charrue qui l’avait heurté; dans ce pot se trouvait un sac de toile qui renfermait les pièces au nombre de 17 à 1800.
  2. Grimaldi, dansant un jour devant l'ambassadeur turc, fit un tel bond en son honneur, qu'il heurta le lustre suspendu au-dessus de la tête du monarque.

Synonyms

frapperpercuteremboutirfrapperpercuterentrechoquerpercuter

This word in other languages

crash(English)chocar(Español)klopfen(Deutsch)bater(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehurter
  • heruter
  • heuretr
  • heurrter
  • heurterr
  • heurtre
  • heurtter
  • heutrer
  • hheurter
  • huerter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heurter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ehurter2heruter2heuretr2heurrter1heurterr1heurtre2heurtter1heutrer2
Edit distance from "heurter"

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 "heurter"?
"heurter" is spelled H-E-U-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\.
What does "heurter" mean?
As a verb, "heurter" means: Entrer brusquement en contact.
What words are commonly confused with "heurter"?
"heurter" is commonly confused with "hurler", "hunter", "heurts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heurter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heurter" is ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heurter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grasses#18,764funèbre#18,759forcent#18,755Fischer#18,752

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

imminent10 variantsfiltrer10 variantsficelles10 variantsexciter10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list