Which to use
“haute” and “heure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #790
- “haute” frequency rank
- #346
- “heure” frequency rank
- 1136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haute | heure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Haute société ; classe sociale supérieure ; élite sociale. | Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes. |
Where the eye mixes haute and heure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: haute vs heure
A purely visual mix-up. haute (^((h aspiré))\ot\) and heure (^((h muet))\œʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haute is recorded at frequency rank #790, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ot\. heure is at rank #346, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\œʁ\.
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 1136, this pair ranks #438,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of haute vs heure
Shared letters: ehu. Private to "haute": at. Private to "heure": r.
"haute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "heure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haute" and "heure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "haute" vs "heure" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "haute" and "heure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "haute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haute" and "heure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hedge vs heure". 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 #438,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.