heurevshueWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: heure is a noun, hue is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“heure” is a noun and “hue” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#346
“heure” frequency rank
#21,965
“hue” frequency rank
22311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature heure hue
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. Mot dont se servent les charretiers pour faire avancer les chevaux, ou pour les faire tourner à droite.

Letter map: heure vs hue

Shared letters muted; letters that set heure and hue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
heure
3 ch
hue

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: heure is anoun and hueanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22311, 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\. hue is at rank #21,965, tagged as anintj.

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 22311, this pair ranks #358,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of heure vs hue

Shared letters: ehu. Private to "heure": r. Private to "hue": -.

"heure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "hue" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • heureehure · herue · heuer · heurre · hheure · huere

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "heure" and "hue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "heure" is a noun and "hue" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "heure" or "hue"?
"heure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our French list, against #21,965 for "hue". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list