Which to use
“hurle” and “hurt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,282
- “hurle” frequency rank
- #47,383
- “hurt” frequency rank
- 61665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hurle | hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de hurler. | Blesser, endolorir, faire du mal. |
Where the eye mixes hurle and hurt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hurle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hurt's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hurle vs hurt
A purely visual mix-up. hurle (^((h aspiré))\yʁl\) and hurt (\ˈhɝt\) 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 61665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hurle is recorded at frequency rank #14,282, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yʁl\. 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 61665, this pair ranks #91,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hurle vs hurt
Shared letters: hru. Private to "hurle": el. Private to "hurt": t.
"hurle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hurt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hurle" and "hurt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hurle" or "hurt" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hurle" 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 #91,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hurle" 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 #91,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.