Which to use
“haché” is an adjective and “hante” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,673
- “haché” frequency rank
- #21,341
- “hante” frequency rank
- 47014
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haché | hante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coupé en petits morceaux ; passé au hachoir. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hanter. |
Where the eye mixes haché and hante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. haché and hante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: haché vs hante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: haché is ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\ while hante is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47014, 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\. hante is at rank #21,341, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃t\.
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 47014, this pair ranks #190,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of haché vs hante
Shared letters: ah. Private to "haché": cé. Private to "hante": ent.
"haché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hante ← ahnte · hanet · hannte · hantte · hatne · hhante · hnate
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "haché" and "hante" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "haché" vs "hante" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "haché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,320 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haché" and "hante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haché vs hash". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #190,320 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.