Which to use
“hear” is a verb and “hr” is an onomatopoeia - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,333
- “hear” frequency rank
- #25,352
- “hr” frequency rank
- 64685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hear | hr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entendre. | Variante de hrr. |
Letter map: hear vs hr
Shared letters muted; letters that set hear and hr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hear / hr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hear is averb and hranonomatopoeia. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64685, 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\. hr is at rank #25,352, tagged as anonomatopoeia.
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 64685, this pair ranks #75,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hear vs hr
Shared letters: hr. Private to "hear": ae. Private to "hr": -.
"hear" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hr" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hear ← ehar · hearr · hera · hhear
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hear" for "hr" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hear" or "hr"?
Useful next steps
Pair "hear" vs "hr" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hear" and "hr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hae vs hear". 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 #75,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.