Which to use
“hart” and “het” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,693
- “hart” frequency rank
- #17,730
- “het” frequency rank
- 32423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hart | het |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de lien fait d’osier, ou d’autre bois souple, dont on lie les fagots, les bourrées, etc. | Variante de hèt. |
Where the eye mixes hart and het
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between hart and het
A purely visual mix-up. hart (^((h aspiré))\aʁ\) and het (^((h aspiré))\ɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hart is recorded at frequency rank #14,693, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\aʁ\. het is at rank #17,730, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɛt\.
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 32423, this pair ranks #297,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hart vs het
Shared letters: ht. Private to "hart": ar. Private to "het": e.
"hart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "het" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hart ← ahrt · harrt · hartt · hatr · hhart · hrat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hart" for "het" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hart" or "het"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hart" and "het" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "het" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hart" and "het" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs het". 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 #297,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.