Which to use
“hâtive” and “hâtives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,372
- “hâtive” frequency rank
- #35,991
- “hâtives” frequency rank
- 73363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hâtive | hâtives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de hâtif. | Féminin pluriel de hâtif. |
Same sound, different letters: hâtive vs hâtives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. hâtive runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against hâtives's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - hâtive and hâtives
This is the hard kind. hâtive and hâtives are pronounced identically (^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tiv\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hâtive” sits inside “hâtives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hâtive is recorded at frequency rank #37,372, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tiv\. hâtives is at rank #35,991, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ.tiv\.
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 73363, this pair ranks #40,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hâtive vs hâtives
Shared letters: ehitvâ. Private to "hâtive": -. Private to "hâtives": s.
"hâtive" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "hâtives" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hâtive" and "hâtives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hâtive" or "hâtives" show up more?
What to do next
"hâtive" and "hâtives" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "hâtive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hâtives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hâtive" and "hâtives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hantise vs hâtive". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.