Which to use
“hampe” and “home” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,204
- “hampe” frequency rank
- #6,095
- “home” frequency rank
- 52299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hampe | home |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Foyer, chez-soi. |
Where the eye mixes hampe and home
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hampe runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against home's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hampe vs home
A purely visual mix-up. hampe (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\) and home (^((h aspiré))\om\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hampe is recorded at frequency rank #46,204, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃p\. home is at rank #6,095, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\om\.
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 52299, this pair ranks #148,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hampe vs home
Shared letters: ehm. Private to "hampe": ap. Private to "home": o.
"hampe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hampe" for "home" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hampe" vs "home" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hampe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "home" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,670 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hampe" and "home" 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 #148,670 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.