Which to use
“hae” and “haie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,121
- “hae” frequency rank
- #16,379
- “haie” frequency rank
- 65500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hae | haie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Kava. | Ensemble linéaire, naturel ou artificiel, de végétaux (dont parfois des arbres), ligneux, semi-ligneux, herbacés, plus ou moins homogène (taille, espèces, etc.) et servant parfois de clôture, de limite entre deux parcelles cadastrales ou de protection contre la vue et le vent ou simplement dans un but purement décoratif. |
Where the eye mixes hae and haie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hae runs 3 letters (CVV) against haie's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hae vs haie
A purely visual mix-up. hae (\hae\) and haie (^((h aspiré))\ɛ\) 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 65500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hae is recorded at frequency rank #49,121, classified as anoun, pronounced \hae\. haie is at rank #16,379, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɛ\.
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 65500, this pair ranks #72,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hae vs haie
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hae": -. Private to "haie": i.
"hae" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "haie" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- haie ← ahie · haei · hhaie · hiae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hae" for "haie" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "hae" or "haie" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hae" and "haie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hae" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "haie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hae" and "haie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs Hatem". 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 #72,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.