# herb vs hess

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### herb
*adjective · IPA \hɛrp\ · frequency rank #35,983*
Astringent, âcre, amer.

### hess
*noun · IPA \hɛs\ · frequency rank #28,193*
crise, misère, galère.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/herb-vs-hess