Which to use
“hante” and “hanter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,341
- “hante” frequency rank
- #26,392
- “hanter” frequency rank
- 47733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hante | hanter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hanter. | Fréquenter quelqu’un que l’on suppose de mauvaise influence ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence. |
Where the eye mixes hante and hanter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hante runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hanter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hante and hanter
A purely visual mix-up. hante (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃t\) and hanter (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\) 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) - “hante” sits inside “hanter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hante is recorded at frequency rank #21,341, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃t\. hanter is at rank #26,392, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\.
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 47733, this pair ranks #184,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hante vs hanter
Shared letters: aehnt. Private to "hante": -. Private to "hanter": r.
"hante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hanter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hante" and "hanter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hante" vs "hanter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hante" and "hanter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hanter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hante" and "hanter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hanter 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 #184,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.