Which to use
“hague” and “harpe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,839
- “hague” frequency rank
- #19,555
- “harpe” frequency rank
- 52394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hague | harpe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Palissade. | Cordophone à cordes pincées, que l'on tient debout, reposant par terre, garni de cordes verticales de longueur décroissante, que l’on pince avec les doigts. |
Where the eye mixes hague and harpe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hague (CVCVV) and harpe (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between hague and harpe
A purely visual mix-up. hague (^((h aspiré))\aɡ\) and harpe (^((h aspiré))\aʁp\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52394, 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\. harpe is at rank #19,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁp\.
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 52394, this pair ranks #148,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hague vs harpe
Shared letters: aeh. Private to "hague": gu. Private to "harpe": pr.
"hague" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "harpe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hague" and "harpe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hague" vs "harpe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hague" and "harpe" 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 "harpe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hague" and "harpe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs hague". 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 #148,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.