Which to use
“heart” and “heure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,642
- “heart” frequency rank
- #346
- “heure” frequency rank
- 15988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heart | heure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cœur, organe vital. | Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes. |
Where the eye mixes heart and heure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. heart (CVVCC) and heure (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between heart and heure
A purely visual mix-up. heart ([hɑːt]) and heure (^((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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15988, 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]. heure is at rank #346, 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 15988, this pair ranks #389,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of heart vs heure
Shared letters: ehr. Private to "heart": at. Private to "heure": u.
"heart" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heart" and "heure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "heart" or "heure" show up more?
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 "heure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,912 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heart" and "heure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heart 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 #389,912 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.