Which to use
“hr” is an onomatopoeia and “hurt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,352
- “hr” frequency rank
- #47,383
- “hurt” frequency rank
- 72735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hr | hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de hrr. | Blesser, endolorir, faire du mal. |
Letter map: hr vs hurt
Shared letters muted; letters that set hr and hurt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hr / hurt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hr is anonomatopoeia and hurtaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hr is recorded at frequency rank #25,352, classified as anonomatopoeia. hurt is at rank #47,383, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈhɝt\.
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 72735, this pair ranks #42,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hr vs hurt
Shared letters: hr. Private to "hr": -. Private to "hurt": tu.
"hr" · 2 letters · shape CC · "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hurt ← hhurt · hrut · hurrt · hurtt · hutr · uhrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hr" and "hurt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hr" or "hurt" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hr" and "hurt".
- Full dictionary entry for "hr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hr" and "hurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heurt vs hurt". 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 #42,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.