Which to use
“heurt” and “heurts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- #23,574
- “heurts” frequency rank
- 72152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurt | heurts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. | Pluriel de heurt. |
Where the eye mixes heurt and heurts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. heurt runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against heurts's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between heurt and heurts
A purely visual mix-up. heurt (^((h aspiré))\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 1 extra letter(s) - “heurt” sits inside “heurts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72152, 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\. 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 72152, this pair ranks #45,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of heurt vs heurts
Shared letters: ehrtu. Private to "heurt": -. Private to "heurts": s.
"heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "heurts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heurt" for "heurts" ever safe?
Which is more common, "heurt" or "heurts"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "heurt" and "heurts" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "heurt" 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 #45,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heurt" and "heurts" 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 #45,019 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.