Which to use
“hap” is a verb and “hari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,324
- “hap” frequency rank
- #42,378
- “hari” frequency rank
- 83702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hap | hari |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrir. | Fil. |
Letter map: hap vs hari
Shared letters muted; letters that set hap and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hap runs 3 letters (CVC) against hari's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hap / hari
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hap is averb and harianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hap is recorded at frequency rank #41,324, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈhap\. 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 83702, this pair ranks #14,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hap vs hari
Shared letters: ah. Private to "hap": p. Private to "hari": ir.
"hap" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hari ← ahri · hair · harri · hhari · hrai
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hap" and "hari" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hap" vs "hari" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "hap" and "hari". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hap" 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 #14,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hap" and "hari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hari 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 #14,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.