Which to use
“hermès” and “heures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,971
- “hermès” frequency rank
- #347
- “heures” frequency rank
- 18318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hermès | heures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pilier portant une tête de Hermès. | Heures canoniales. |
Where the eye mixes hermès and heures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses hermès with heures
A purely visual mix-up. hermès (\ɛʁ.mɛs\) and heures (^((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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hermès is recorded at frequency rank #17,971, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛʁ.mɛs\. heures is at rank #347, 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 18318, this pair ranks #378,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hermès vs heures
Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "hermès": mè. Private to "heures": u.
"hermès" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "heures" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heures ← ehures · herues · heuers · heuress · heurres · heurse · hheures · hueres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hermès" and "heures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hermès" or "heures" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hermès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hermès" and "heures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hermès vs hêtres". 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 #378,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.