Which to use
“Heu” and “hour” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,511
- “Heu” frequency rank
- #27,094
- “hour” frequency rank
- 33605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Heu | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Foin. | Espèce de hangar ou d’atelier destiné à travailler le bois pour le sabotage, etc. |
Where the eye mixes Heu and hour
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Heu vs hour
A purely visual mix-up. Heu (\hɔɪ̯\) and hour (^((h aspiré))\uʁ\) 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 33605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Heu is recorded at frequency rank #6,511, classified as anoun, pronounced \hɔɪ̯\. hour is at rank #27,094, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\uʁ\.
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 33605, this pair ranks #289,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Heu vs hour
Shared letters: hu. Private to "Heu": e. Private to "hour": or.
"Heu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hour ← hhour · horu · hourr · huor · ohur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Heu" and "hour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Heu" or "hour" 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 "Heu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,499 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Heu" and "hour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs hour". 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 #289,499 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.