Which to use
“heurt” and “hours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,578
- “heurt” frequency rank
- #31,541
- “hours” frequency rank
- 80119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurt | hours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coup donné en heurtant contre quelque chose. | Chevalets qui soutiennent l’arbre sur lequel travaillent des scieurs de long. |
Where the eye mixes heurt and hours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: heurt vs hours
A purely visual mix-up. heurt (^((h aspiré))\œʁ\) and hours (^((h aspiré))\uʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80119, 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\. hours is at rank #31,541, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\uʁ\.
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 80119, this pair ranks #21,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of heurt vs hours
Shared letters: hru. Private to "heurt": et. Private to "hours": os.
"heurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "hours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heurt" and "hours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "heurt" vs "hours" - which ranks higher?
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 "hours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heurt" and "hours" 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 #21,696 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.