Which to use
“heurt” is a noun and “heurté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- #18,501
- “heurté” frequency rank
- 67079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurt | heurté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. | Qualifie un dessin où l’artiste a négligé de fondre les teintes avec soin et d’adoucir les contours, mais qui est large et vigoureux. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set heurt and heurté apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: heurt is ^((h aspiré))\œʁ\ while heurté is ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “heurt” sits inside “heurté”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heurt is recorded at frequency rank #48,578, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\œʁ\. heurté is at rank #18,501, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\.
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 heurt vs heurté
Shared letters: ehrtu. Private to "heurt": -. Private to "heurté": é.
"heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heurté" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- heurt ← ehurt · herut · heurrt · heurtt · heutr · hheurt · huert
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "heurt" and "heurté" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "heurt" or "heurté"?
Remembering heurt vs heurté
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “heurt”; for an adjective, it's “heurté”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “heurt” entry
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