Which to use
“honte” and “hunter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,083
- “honte” frequency rank
- #11,601
- “hunter” frequency rank
- 13684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | honte | hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Déshonneur, opprobre, humiliation (ce qui est le sens étymologique et ancien). | Discipline équestre qui estime la qualité de monte et l’entente cheval/cavalier, intermédiaire entre le concours de saut d’obstacles (CSO) et le dressage, s’effectuant sur un parcours semblable au CSO. |
Where the eye mixes honte and hunter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between honte and hunter
A purely visual mix-up. honte (^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃t\) and hunter (^((h aspiré))\œn.tɛʁ\) 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 13684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
honte is recorded at frequency rank #2,083, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃t\. hunter is at rank #11,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\œn.tɛʁ\.
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 13684, this pair ranks #399,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of honte vs hunter
Shared letters: ehnt. Private to "honte": o. Private to "hunter": ru.
"honte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "honte" for "hunter" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "honte" and "hunter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "honte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hunter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "honte" and "hunter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunter vs huttes". 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 #399,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.