Which to use
“héritée” and “hériter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,209
- “héritée” frequency rank
- #24,626
- “hériter” frequency rank
- 54835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héritée | hériter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de hériter. | Devenir propriétaire d’une chose par droit de succession. |
Where the eye mixes héritée and hériter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. héritée (CVCVCVV) and hériter (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses héritée with hériter
A purely visual mix-up. héritée (\e.ʁi.te\) and hériter (^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\) 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 54835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héritée is recorded at frequency rank #30,209, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.te\. hériter is at rank #24,626, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\.
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 54835, this pair ranks #131,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of héritée vs hériter
Shared letters: ehirté. Private to "héritée": -. Private to "hériter": -.
"héritée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "hériter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "héritée" and "hériter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "héritée" or "hériter"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "héritée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hériter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héritée" and "hériter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "héritée vs hermite". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,366 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.