Which to use
“heures” and “heurts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #347
- “heures” frequency rank
- #23,574
- “heurts” frequency rank
- 23921
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heures | heurts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Heures canoniales. | Pluriel de heurt. |
Where the eye mixes heures and heurts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. heures (CVVCVC) and heurts (CVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses heures with heurts
A purely visual mix-up. heures (^((h muet))\œʁ\) and heurts (\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 “heures” becomes t in “heurts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heures is recorded at frequency rank #347, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\œʁ\. heurts is at rank #23,574, tagged as anoun, pronounced \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 23921, this pair ranks #349,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of heures vs heurts
Shared letters: ehrsu. Private to "heures": -. Private to "heurts": t.
"heures" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "heurts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heures" for "heurts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "heures" vs "heurts" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "heures" and "heurts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "heures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heures" and "heurts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs heurts". 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 #349,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.