Which to use
“heur” and “hours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,538
- “heur” frequency rank
- #31,541
- “hours” frequency rank
- 67079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heur | hours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bonne fortune, chance heureuse. | Chevalets qui soutiennent l’arbre sur lequel travaillent des scieurs de long. |
Where the eye mixes heur and hours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. heur runs 4 letters (CVVC) against hours's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between heur and hours
A purely visual mix-up. heur (^((h muet))\œʁ\) and hours (^((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 67079, 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\. hours is at rank #31,541, 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 67079, this pair ranks #64,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of heur vs hours
Shared letters: hru. Private to "heur": e. Private to "hours": os.
"heur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heur" and "hours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heur" or "hours"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "heur" and "hours" 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 "hours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heur" and "hours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heur vs heurt". 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 #64,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.