Which to use
“heur” and “heurt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,538
- “heur” frequency rank
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- 84116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heur | heurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bonne fortune, chance heureuse. | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes heur and heurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. heur runs 4 letters (CVVC) against heurt's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses heur with heurt
A purely visual mix-up. heur (^((h muet))\œʁ\) and heurt (^((h aspiré))\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 extra letter(s) - “heur” sits inside “heurt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heur is recorded at frequency rank #35,538, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\œʁ\. heurt is at rank #48,578, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\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 84116, this pair ranks #13,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of heur vs heurt
Shared letters: ehru. Private to "heur": -. Private to "heurt": t.
"heur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heur" for "heurt" ever safe?
Which is more common, "heur" or "heurt"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "heur" and "heurt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "heur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heur" and "heurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs hurt". 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 #13,539 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.