Which to use
“heure” and “heurt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #346
- “heure” frequency rank
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- 48924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heure | heurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure du temps, compatible avec le Système international, dérivée de la seconde, dont le symbole est h. 1 heure = 60 minutes = 3600 secondes. | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes heure and heurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. heure (CVVCV) and heurt (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: heure vs heurt
A purely visual mix-up. heure (^((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 a single letter - e in “heure” becomes t in “heurt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heure is recorded at frequency rank #346, 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 48924, this pair ranks #174,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heure vs heurt
Shared letters: ehru. Private to "heure": -. Private to "heurt": t.
"heure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heure" for "heurt" ever safe?
Frequency check: "heure" vs "heurt" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "heure" and "heurt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "heure" 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 #174,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heure" 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 #174,965 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.