Which to use
“hachée” and “hanches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,077
- “hachée” frequency rank
- #13,808
- “hanches” frequency rank
- 48885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hachée | hanches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | Pluriel de hanche. |
Where the eye mixes hachée and hanches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hachée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against hanches's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hachée and hanches
A purely visual mix-up. hachée (^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\) and hanches (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃ʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hachée is recorded at frequency rank #35,077, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\. hanches is at rank #13,808, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃ʃ\.
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 48885, this pair ranks #175,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hachée vs hanches
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "hachée": é. Private to "hanches": ns.
"hachée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hanches" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hanches ← ahnches · hacnhes · hancches · hancehs · hanchess · hanchhes · hanchse · hanhces
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hachée" and "hanches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hachée" vs "hanches" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hachée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hanches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,263 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hachée" and "hanches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hachée vs hantée". 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 #175,263 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.