harivshartTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,378
“hari” frequency rank
#14,693
“hart” frequency rank
57071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hari hart
Definition Fil. Espèce de lien fait d’osier, ou d’autre bois souple, dont on lie les fagots, les bourrées, etc.

Letter map: hari vs hart

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

4 ch
hari
4 ch
hart

Corpus notes: hari and hart

hari and hart 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 a single letter - i in “hari” becomes t in “hart”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hari is recorded at frequency rank #42,378, classified as anoun. hart is at rank #14,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁ\.

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 57071, this pair ranks #117,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hari vs hart

Shared letters: ahr. Private to "hari": i. Private to "hart": t.

"hari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hariahri · hair · harri · hhari · hrai
  • hartahrt · harrt · hartt · hatr · hhart · hrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hari" for "hart" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - i in “hari” becomes t in “hart”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hari" vs "hart" - which ranks higher?
"hart" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,693 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hari" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hari" and "hart" 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 #117,214 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