Which to use
“hante” is a verb and “hautes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,341
- “hante” frequency rank
- #3,460
- “hautes” frequency rank
- 24801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hante | hautes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hanter. | Feux de route. |
Letter map: hante vs hautes
Shared letters muted; letters that set hante and hautes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for hante / hautes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hante is averb and hautesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24801, 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\. hautes is at rank #3,460, 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 24801, this pair ranks #344,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hante vs hautes
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "hante": n. Private to "hautes": su.
"hante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hautes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hante" for "hautes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hante" vs "hautes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hante" and "hautes".
- Full dictionary entry for "hante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hautes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hante" and "hautes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hante vs Hatem". 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 #344,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.