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Which to use

“haras” and “hari” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,086
“haras” frequency rank
#42,378
“hari” frequency rank
69464
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature haras hari
Definition Écurie où logent étalons, juments et poulains. Fil.

Letter map: haras vs hari

Shared letters muted; letters that set haras and hari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
haras
4 ch
hari

Corpus notes: haras and hari

haras and hari are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

haras is recorded at frequency rank #27,086, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.ʁa\. 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 69464, this pair ranks #55,007 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of haras vs hari

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "haras": s. Private to "hari": i.

"haras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harasahras · haars · harass · harras · harsa · hharas · hraas
  • hariahri · hair · harri · hhari · hrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "haras" for "hari" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "haras" vs "hari" - which ranks higher?
"haras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,086 in our French list, against #42,378 for "hari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "haras" vs "hari" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "haras" 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 #55,007 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "haras" 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 #55,007 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