Which to use
“heart” and “heur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,642
- “heart” frequency rank
- #35,538
- “heur” frequency rank
- 51180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heart | heur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cœur, organe vital. | Bonne fortune, chance heureuse. |
Where the eye mixes heart and heur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. heart runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against heur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between heart and heur
A purely visual mix-up. heart ([hɑːt]) and heur (^((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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51180, 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]. heur is at rank #35,538, 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 51180, this pair ranks #156,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heart vs heur
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "heart": at. Private to "heur": u.
"heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heart" and "heur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heart" or "heur"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "heart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heart" and "heur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heur vs heurt". 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 #156,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.