Which to use
“half” is a verb and “hari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,750
- “half” frequency rank
- #42,378
- “hari” frequency rank
- 63128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | half | hari |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du prétérit de helfen. | Fil. |
Letter map: half vs hari
Shared letters muted; letters that set half and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - half and hari
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: half 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 63128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
half is recorded at frequency rank #20,750, classified as averb, pronounced \half\. 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 63128, this pair ranks #83,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of half vs hari
Shared letters: ah. Private to "half": fl. Private to "hari": ir.
"half" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "half" and "hari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "half" or "hari" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "half" and "hari".
- Full dictionary entry for "half" 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 #83,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "half" 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 #83,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.