Which to use
“homard” is a noun and “Homère” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,461
- “homard” frequency rank
- #25,351
- “Homère” frequency rank
- 45812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homard | Homère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Crustacé décapode dont les deux pattes de devant ont la forme de pinces. | Poète grec (aède) de la fin du VIIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C., à qui sont attribuées les deux premières œuvres de la littérature occidentale : l’Iliade et l’Odyssée. |
Where the eye mixes homard and Homère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. homard (CVCVCC) and Homère (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between homard and Homère
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: homard is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\ while Homère is ^((h muet))\ɔ.mɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homard is recorded at frequency rank #20,461, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.maʁ\. Homère is at rank #25,351, tagged as aname, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔ.mɛʁ\.
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 45812, this pair ranks #199,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of homard vs Homère
Shared letters: hmor. Private to "homard": ad. Private to "Homère": eè.
"homard" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Homère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- homard ← hhomard · hmoard · hoamrd · homadr · homardd · homarrd · hommard · homrad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "homard" for "Homère" ever safe?
Frequency check: "homard" vs "Homère" - 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 "homard" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Homère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homard" and "Homère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hombre vs Homère". 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 #199,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.