Which to use
“halte” and “haltes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,850
- “halte” frequency rank
- #47,932
- “haltes” frequency rank
- 57782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | halte | haltes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pause, station des gens de guerre dans leur marche. | Pluriel de halte. |
Where the eye mixes halte and haltes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: halte vs haltes
A purely visual mix-up. halte (^((h aspiré))\alt\) and haltes (\alt\) 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 extra letter(s) - “halte” sits inside “haltes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
halte is recorded at frequency rank #9,850, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\alt\. haltes is at rank #47,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \alt\.
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 57782, this pair ranks #112,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of halte vs haltes
Shared letters: aehlt. Private to "halte": -. Private to "haltes": s.
"halte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "haltes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "halte" and "haltes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "halte" or "haltes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "halte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "haltes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "halte" and "haltes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haltes vs haters". 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 #112,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.