Which to use
“have” and “heavy” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,020
- “have” frequency rank
- #19,854
- “heavy” frequency rank
- 28874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | have | heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite éminence qui, sur le panneton d’une clé bénarde, empêche celle-ci de traverser la serrure. | Heavy metal : forme de musique proche du hard rock, utilisant traditionnellement des guitares, des guitares basses au son plus ou moins saturé, une batterie et un chanteur. D’autres instruments peuvent être utilisés (piano, synthétiseur, etc.). |
Where the eye mixes have and heavy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses have with heavy
A purely visual mix-up. have (^((h aspiré))\av\) and heavy (\ɛ.vi\) 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 28874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
have is recorded at frequency rank #9,020, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\av\. heavy is at rank #19,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.vi\.
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 28874, this pair ranks #320,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of have vs heavy
Shared letters: aehv. Private to "have": -. Private to "heavy": y.
"have" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "heavy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "have" for "heavy" ever safe?
Frequency check: "have" vs "heavy" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "have" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heavy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "have" and "heavy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hear vs heavy". 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 #320,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.