haovshariConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#43,972
“hao” frequency rank
#42,378
“hari” frequency rank
86350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hao hari
Definition Diminuer; s’épuiser; se consumer. Fil.

Letter map: hao vs hari

Shared letters muted; letters that set hao and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hao runs 3 letters (CVV) against hari's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
hao
4 ch
hari

Grammar separator: hao vs hari

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hao is averb and harianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hao is recorded at frequency rank #43,972, classified as averb, pronounced \haɔ˦\. 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 86350, this pair ranks #9,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hao vs hari

Shared letters: ah. Private to "hao": o. Private to "hari": ir.

"hao" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hao" and "hari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hao" is a verb and "hari" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "hao" or "hari" show up more?
"hari" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,378 in our French list, against #43,972 for "hao". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "hao" and "hari". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hao" 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 #9,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hao" and "hari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hao 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 #9,836 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