Which to use
“hasard” and “hazard” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,868
- “hasard” frequency rank
- #15,641
- “hazard” frequency rank
- 17509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hasard | hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cause indiscernable, étrangère à toute intention humaine ; cas fortuit, imprévu. Fortune, sort, destin. | Ancienne orthographe de hasard. |
Same sound, different letters: hasard vs hazard
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: hasard vs hazard
This is the hard kind. hasard and hazard are pronounced identically (^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “hasard” becomes z in “hazard”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hasard is recorded at frequency rank #1,868, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\. hazard is at rank #15,641, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\a.zaʁ\.
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 17509, this pair ranks #382,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hasard vs hazard
Shared letters: adhr. Private to "hasard": s. Private to "hazard": z.
"hasard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "hazard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hasard" and "hazard" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hasard" vs "hazard" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "hasard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hazard" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hasard" and "hazard" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Harald vs hazard". 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 #382,826 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.