Which to use
“Haïti” is a name and “hari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,838
- “Haïti” frequency rank
- #42,378
- “hari” frequency rank
- 50216
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Haïti | hari |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pays situé dans la partie ouest de l’île d’Hispaniola, ayant pour capitale Port-au-Prince. — Note d’usage : Le h initial est officiellement muet, mais on trouve parfois ce mot avec un h aspiré. | Fil. |
Letter map: Haïti vs hari
Shared letters muted; letters that set Haïti and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Haïti runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hari's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: Haïti vs hari
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haïti is aname and harianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Haïti is recorded at frequency rank #7,838, classified as aname, pronounced \a.i.ti\. 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 50216, this pair ranks #164,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Haïti vs hari
Shared letters: ahi. Private to "Haïti": tï. Private to "hari": r.
"Haïti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hari ← ahri · hair · harri · hhari · hrai
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Haïti" for "hari" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Haïti" or "hari" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Haïti" and "hari".
- Full dictionary entry for "Haïti" 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 #164,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haïti" 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 #164,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.