Which to use
“heurtée” is an adjective and “heurter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,921
- “heurtée” frequency rank
- #18,768
- “heurter” frequency rank
- 61689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurtée | heurter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de heurté. | Entrer brusquement en contact. |
Same sound, different letters: heurtée vs heurter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. heurtée (CVVCCVV) and heurter (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - heurtée / heurter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: heurtée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heurtée is recorded at frequency rank #42,921, 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 61689, this pair ranks #90,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of heurtée vs heurter
Shared letters: ehrtu. Private to "heurtée": é. Private to "heurter": -.
"heurtée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "heurter" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heurter ← ehurter · heruter · heuretr · heurrter · heurterr · heurtre · heurtter · heutrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heurtée" and "heurter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "heurtée" or "heurter"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "heurtée" / "heurter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "heurtée" 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 #90,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heurtée" and "heurter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs heurtée". 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 #90,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.