Which to use
“hait” is a verb and “hari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,993
- “hait” frequency rank
- #42,378
- “hari” frequency rank
- 67371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hait | hari |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de haïr. | Fil. |
Letter map: hait vs hari
Shared letters muted; letters that set hait and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hait (CVVC) and hari (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for hait / hari
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hait is averb and harianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hait is recorded at frequency rank #24,993, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɛ\. hari is at rank #42,378, tagged as anoun.
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 67371, this pair ranks #63,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hait vs hari
Shared letters: ahi. Private to "hait": t. Private to "hari": r.
"hait" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hait" and "hari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hait" or "hari"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hait" and "hari".
- Full dictionary entry for "hait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hait" and "hari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hari vs hash". 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 #63,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.