Which to use
“héros” and “heurts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,629
- “héros” frequency rank
- #23,574
- “heurts” frequency rank
- 25203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | héros | heurts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de heurt. |
Where the eye mixes héros and heurts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. héros runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against heurts's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between héros and heurts
A purely visual mix-up. héros (^((h aspiré))\e.ʁo\) and heurts (\œʁ\) 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 25203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
héros is recorded at frequency rank #1,629, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\e.ʁo\. heurts is at rank #23,574, tagged as anoun, pronounced \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 25203, this pair ranks #342,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of héros vs heurts
Shared letters: hrs. Private to "héros": oé. Private to "heurts": etu.
"héros" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "heurts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heurts ← ehurts · heruts · heurrts · heurst · heurtss · heurtts · heutrs · hheurts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "héros" and "heurts" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "héros" or "heurts" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "héros" and "heurts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "héros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "héros" and "heurts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs heurts". 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 #342,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.