Which to use
“hang” and “hare” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,484
- “hang” frequency rank
- #36,876
- “hare” frequency rank
- 80360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hang | hare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument à percussion formé de deux coupoles métalliques bosselées et creusées. | Variante de hart. |
Where the eye mixes hang and hare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. hang (CVCC) and hare (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses hang with hare
A purely visual mix-up. hang (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃ɡ\) and hare (\aʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hang is recorded at frequency rank #43,484, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃ɡ\. hare is at rank #36,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced \aʁ\.
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 80360, this pair ranks #21,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hang vs hare
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hang": gn. Private to "hare": er.
"hang" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hang" for "hare" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hang" vs "hare" - 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 "hang" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hang" and "hare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hang vs having". 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 #21,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.