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 eye mixes heurt and heurté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. heurt runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against heurté's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses heurt with heurté
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heurt" and "heurté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heurt" or "heurté"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "heurt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurté" - 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
- "heurt" and "heurté" 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 #64,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.