Which to use
“hachée” and “hoche” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,077
- “hachée” frequency rank
- #25,349
- “hoche” frequency rank
- 60426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hachée | hoche |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Coche, entaillure, spécialement en parlant de la marque qu’on fait sur une taille pour tenir le compte du pain, du vin, de la viande, etc., qu’on prend à crédit. |
Where the eye mixes hachée and hoche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hachée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against hoche's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hachée vs hoche
A purely visual mix-up. hachée (^((h aspiré))\a.ʃe\) and hoche (^((h aspiré))\ɔʃ\) 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 60426, 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\. hoche is at rank #25,349, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔʃ\.
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 60426, this pair ranks #97,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hachée vs hoche
Shared letters: ceh. Private to "hachée": aé. Private to "hoche": o.
"hachée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hoche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hoche ← hcohe · hhoche · hocche · hoceh · hochhe · hohce · ohche
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hachée" and "hoche" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hachée" or "hoche"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hachée" and "hoche" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hachée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hoche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,650 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hachée" and "hoche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoche vs Horne". 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 #97,650 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.