Which to use
“haché” is an adjective and “hachée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,673
- “haché” frequency rank
- #35,077
- “hachée” frequency rank
- 60750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haché | hachée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coupé en petits morceaux ; passé au hachoir. | Punition infamante et déshonorante réservée aux nobles à qui l'on faisait porter sur les épaules, sur un parcours déterminé, en public, soit une selle, soit un chien |
Same sound, different letters: haché vs hachée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. haché runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hachée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - haché / hachée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: haché and hachée carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “haché” sits inside “hachée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haché is recorded at frequency rank #25,673, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\. hachée is at rank #35,077, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\.
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 60750, this pair ranks #95,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of haché vs hachée
Shared letters: aché. Private to "haché": -. Private to "hachée": e.
"haché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hachée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "haché" for "hachée" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"haché" and "hachée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "haché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hachée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haché" and "hachée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haché vs hash". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #95,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.