Which to use
“hâter” is a verb and “hautes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,928
- “hâter” frequency rank
- #3,460
- “hautes” frequency rank
- 46388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hâter | hautes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire avancer vite ; accélérer. | Feux de route. |
Letter map: hâter vs hautes
Shared letters muted; letters that set hâter and hautes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for hâter / hautes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hâter is averb and hautesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hâter is recorded at frequency rank #42,928, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ.te\. hautes is at rank #3,460, 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 46388, this pair ranks #195,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hâter vs hautes
Shared letters: eht. Private to "hâter": râ. Private to "hautes": asu.
"hâter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hautes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hautes ← ahutes · hatues · hauets · hautess · hautse · hauttes · hhautes · huates
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hâter" for "hautes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hâter" or "hautes"?
What to do next
You've compared "hâter" and "hautes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hâter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hautes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hâter" and "hautes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hâter vs haters". 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 #195,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.