Which to use
“hantée” is an adjective and “hanter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,586
- “hantée” frequency rank
- #26,392
- “hanter” frequency rank
- 54978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hantée | hanter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de hanté. | Fréquenter quelqu’un que l’on suppose de mauvaise influence ou sur lequel on exerce une mauvaise influence. |
Same sound, different letters: hantée vs hanter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. hantée (CVCCVV) and hanter (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - hantée and hanter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: hantée and hanter carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hantée is recorded at frequency rank #28,586, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.te\. 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 54978, this pair ranks #130,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hantée vs hanter
Shared letters: aehnt. Private to "hantée": é. Private to "hanter": r.
"hantée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hanter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hanter ← ahnter · hanetr · hannter · hanterr · hantre · hantter · hatner · hhanter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hantée" and "hanter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hantée" vs "hanter" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"hantée" and "hanter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "hantée" 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 #130,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hantée" and "hanter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hantée 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 #130,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.