Which to use
“horloge” and “hormone” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,841
- “horloge” frequency rank
- #21,344
- “hormone” frequency rank
- 29185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | horloge | hormone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrument destiné à mesurer le temps et à indiquer l'heure. | Molécule messagère véhiculée par le sang ou la sève qui agit à distance de son site de production par fixation sur des récepteurs spécifiques. |
Where the eye mixes horloge and hormone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: horloge vs hormone
A purely visual mix-up. horloge (^((h muet))\ɔʁ.lɔʒ\) and hormone (^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔn\) 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 29185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
horloge is recorded at frequency rank #7,841, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.lɔʒ\. hormone is at rank #21,344, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔʁ.mɔn\.
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 29185, this pair ranks #318,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of horloge vs hormone
Shared letters: ehor. Private to "horloge": gl. Private to "hormone": mn.
"horloge" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "hormone" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "horloge" and "hormone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "horloge" vs "hormone" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "horloge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hormone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "horloge" and "hormone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hormonale vs hormone". 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 #318,232 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.