Which to use
“hague” and “hargne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,839
- “hague” frequency rank
- #36,878
- “hargne” frequency rank
- 69717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hague | hargne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Palissade. | Ténacité coléreuse ; acharnement. |
Where the eye mixes hague and hargne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hague runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against hargne's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hague vs hargne
A purely visual mix-up. hague (^((h aspiré))\aɡ\) and hargne (^((h aspiré))\aʁɲ\) 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 69717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hague is recorded at frequency rank #32,839, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aɡ\. hargne is at rank #36,878, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁɲ\.
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 69717, this pair ranks #54,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hague vs hargne
Shared letters: aegh. Private to "hague": u. Private to "hargne": nr.
"hague" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "hargne" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hague" for "hargne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hague" or "hargne"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hague" and "hargne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hargne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hague" and "hargne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hargne vs hargneux". 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 #54,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.