Which to use
“heurté” is an adjective and “heurter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,501
- “heurté” frequency rank
- #18,768
- “heurter” frequency rank
- 37269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurté | heurter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Entrer brusquement en contact. |
Same sound, different letters: heurté vs heurter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. heurté runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against heurter's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: heurté vs heurter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: heurté and heurter carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heurté is recorded at frequency rank #18,501, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\œʁ.te\. heurter is at rank #18,768, tagged as averb, 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 37269, this pair ranks #263,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heurté vs heurter
Shared letters: ehrtu. Private to "heurté": é. Private to "heurter": -.
"heurté" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "heurter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heurter ← ehurter · heruter · heuretr · heurrter · heurterr · heurtre · heurtter · heutrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heurté" and "heurter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heurté" or "heurter"?
What to do next
"heurté" and "heurter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "heurté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heurter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heurté" and "heurter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs heurter". 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 #263,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.