Which to use
“hear” is a verb and “heurt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,333
- “hear” frequency rank
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- 87911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hear | heurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entendre. | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes hear and heurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hear runs 4 letters (CVVC) against heurt's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hear vs heurt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hear is \ˈhɪɹ\ while heurt is ^((h aspiré))\œʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hear is recorded at frequency rank #39,333, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈhɪɹ\. heurt is at rank #48,578, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\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 87911, this pair ranks #7,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hear vs heurt
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "hear": a. Private to "heurt": tu.
"hear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hear" and "heurt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hear" or "heurt" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hear" and "heurt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hear" and "heurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs hurt". 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 #7,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.