Which to use
“Hammer” is an adjective and “hampe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,840
- “Hammer” frequency rank
- #46,204
- “hampe” frequency rank
- 79044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hammer | hampe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à la ville de Hamm, ou à ses habitants. | Long manche ou support, généralement en bois, d’un pinceau, d’une arme d’hast, d’une pertuisane, d’un épieu, d’un écouvillon ou d’un refouloir. |
Where the eye mixes Hammer and hampe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Hammer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against hampe's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Hammer vs hampe
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Hammer is \ˈhamɐ\ while hampe is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hammer is recorded at frequency rank #32,840, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈhamɐ\. hampe is at rank #46,204, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\.
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 79044, this pair ranks #24,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Hammer vs hampe
Shared letters: aehm. Private to "Hammer": r. Private to "hampe": p.
"Hammer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hampe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hammer" for "hampe" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Hammer" or "hampe" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Hammer" and "hampe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hammer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hampe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,187 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hammer" and "hampe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs hampe". 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 #24,187 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.