HanoïvshariConfusable pair

Quick tell: Hanoï is a name, hari is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hanoï” is a name and “hari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,986
“Hanoï” frequency rank
#42,378
“hari” frequency rank
74364
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hanoï hari
Definition Capitale du Viêt Nam. Fil.

Letter map: Hanoï vs hari

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hanoï and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hanoï runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hari's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Hanoï
4 ch
hari

Role in the sentence - Hanoï and hari

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hanoï is aname and harianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hanoï is recorded at frequency rank #31,986, classified as aname, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.nɔj\. 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 74364, this pair ranks #37,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hanoï vs hari

Shared letters: ah. Private to "Hanoï": noï. Private to "hari": ir.

"Hanoï" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hari ← ahri · hair · harri · hhari · hrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hanoï" for "hari" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hanoï" is a name and "hari" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Hanoï" vs "hari" - which ranks higher?
"Hanoï" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,986 in our French list, against #42,378 for "hari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Hanoï" vs "hari" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hanoï" 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 #37,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hanoï" 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 #37,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list