Which to use
“hante” is a verb and “hantise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,341
- “hante” frequency rank
- #33,718
- “hantise” frequency rank
- 55059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hante | hantise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hanter. | Fréquentation, commerce familier chez quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes hante and hantise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hante runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hantise's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hante vs hantise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hante is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃t\ while hantise is ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.tiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55059, 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\. hantise is at rank #33,718, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.tiz\.
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 55059, this pair ranks #129,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hante vs hantise
Shared letters: aehnt. Private to "hante": -. Private to "hantise": is.
"hante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hantise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hante" and "hantise" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "hante" or "hantise" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hante" and "hantise" 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 "hantise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hante" and "hantise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hantise vs hâtive". 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 #129,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.