Which to use
“heart” and “heath” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,642
- “heart” frequency rank
- #35,981
- “heath” frequency rank
- 51623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heart | heath |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cœur, organe vital. | Bruyère. |
Where the eye mixes heart and heath
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. heart and heath follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: heart vs heath
A purely visual mix-up. heart ([hɑːt]) and heath (\hiːθ\) 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 51623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heart is recorded at frequency rank #15,642, classified as anoun, pronounced [hɑːt]. heath is at rank #35,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced \hiːθ\.
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 51623, this pair ranks #153,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heart vs heath
Shared letters: aeht. Private to "heart": r. Private to "heath": -.
"heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heath" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "heart" and "heath" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "heart" or "heath"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "heart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heath" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heart" and "heath" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hash vs heath". 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 #153,651 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.