Which to use
“hard” and “hind” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,330
- “hard” frequency rank
- #47,375
- “hind” frequency rank
- 54705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hard | hind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pornographique. | Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal. |
Where the eye mixes hard and hind
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hard vs hind
A purely visual mix-up. hard (\aʁd\) and hind (\haɪnd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hard is recorded at frequency rank #7,330, classified as anadj, pronounced \aʁd\. hind is at rank #47,375, tagged as anadj, pronounced \haɪnd\.
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 54705, this pair ranks #132,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hard vs hind
Shared letters: dh. Private to "hard": ar. Private to "hind": in.
"hard" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hard" and "hind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hard" or "hind" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hard" and "hind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hide vs hind". 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 #132,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.