Which to use
“heurts” and “hours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,574
- “heurts” frequency rank
- #31,541
- “hours” frequency rank
- 55115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heurts | hours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de heurt. | Chevalets qui soutiennent l’arbre sur lequel travaillent des scieurs de long. |
Where the eye mixes heurts and hours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. heurts runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against hours's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between heurts and hours
A purely visual mix-up. heurts (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heurts is recorded at frequency rank #23,574, classified as anoun, pronounced \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 55115, this pair ranks #129,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heurts vs hours
Shared letters: hrsu. Private to "heurts": et. Private to "hours": o.
"heurts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "hours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "heurts" and "hours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "heurts" 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 "heurts" 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 #129,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heurts" and "hours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs hours". 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 #129,581 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.