Which to use
“heroes” and “héros” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,582
- “heroes” frequency rank
- #1,629
- “héros” frequency rank
- 24211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heroes | héros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de hero. | Nom donné par Homère aux hommes d’un courage et d’un mérite supérieur, favoris particuliers des dieux, et dans Hésiode à ceux qu’on disait fils d’un dieu et d’une mortelle ou d’une déesse et d’un mortel. |
Where the eye mixes heroes and héros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between heroes and héros
A purely visual mix-up. heroes (\ˈhɪɹ.oʊz\) and héros (^((h aspiré))\e.ʁo\) 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 24211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heroes is recorded at frequency rank #22,582, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈhɪɹ.oʊz\. héros is at rank #1,629, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁo\.
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 24211, this pair ranks #347,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of heroes vs héros
Shared letters: hors. Private to "heroes": e. Private to "héros": é.
"heroes" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "héros" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heroes ← ehroes · heores · hereos · heroess · herose · herroes · hheroes · hreoes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heroes" for "héros" ever safe?
Frequency check: "heroes" vs "héros" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "heroes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "héros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heroes" and "héros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heroes 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 #347,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.