Which to use
“hilaire” and “horaire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,401
- “hilaire” frequency rank
- #5,873
- “horaire” frequency rank
- 21274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hilaire | horaire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a rapport au hile. | Relatif aux heures. |
Where the eye mixes hilaire and horaire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hilaire and horaire follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between hilaire and horaire
A purely visual mix-up. hilaire (^((h aspiré))\i.lɛʁ\) and horaire (^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɛʁ\) 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 21274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hilaire is recorded at frequency rank #15,401, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\i.lɛʁ\. horaire is at rank #5,873, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔ.ʁɛʁ\.
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 21274, this pair ranks #364,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hilaire vs horaire
Shared letters: aehir. Private to "hilaire": l. Private to "horaire": o.
"hilaire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "horaire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hilaire" and "horaire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hilaire" or "horaire"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hilaire" and "horaire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hilaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "horaire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,023 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hilaire" and "horaire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hilaire vs hilarité". 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 #364,023 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.