Which to use
“humain” and “human” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,294
- “humain” frequency rank
- #11,784
- “human” frequency rank
- 13078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humain | human |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’espèce humaine. | Humain. |
Where the eye mixes humain and human
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: humain vs human
A purely visual mix-up. humain (\y.mɛ̃\) and human (\huˈmaːn\) 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 13078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humain is recorded at frequency rank #1,294, classified as anadj, pronounced \y.mɛ̃\. human is at rank #11,784, tagged as anadj, pronounced \huˈmaːn\.
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 13078, this pair ranks #402,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of humain vs human
Shared letters: ahmnu. Private to "humain": i. Private to "human": -.
"humain" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "human" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "humain" for "human" ever safe?
Frequency check: "humain" vs "human" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "humain" and "human" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "humain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "human" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humain" and "human" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "human vs hummm". 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 #402,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.