Which to use
“hurlement” and “hurlements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,858
- “hurlement” frequency rank
- #25,681
- “hurlements” frequency rank
- 63539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hurlement | hurlements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de hurler. | Pluriel de hurlement. |
Same sound, different letters: hurlement vs hurlements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. hurlement runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against hurlements's 10 (CVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: hurlement vs hurlements
This is the hard kind. hurlement and hurlements are pronounced identically (^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hurlement” sits inside “hurlements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hurlement is recorded at frequency rank #37,858, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\. hurlements is at rank #25,681, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yʁ.lə.mɑ̃\.
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 63539, this pair ranks #81,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hurlement vs hurlements
Shared letters: ehlmnrtu. Private to "hurlement": -. Private to "hurlements": s.
"hurlement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "hurlements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hurlement ← hhurlement · hrulement · hulrement · hurelment · hurleemnt · hurlemennt · hurlementt · hurlemetn
- hurlements ← hhurlements · hrulements · hulrements · hurelments · hurleemnts · hurlemennts · hurlemenst · hurlementss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hurlement" and "hurlements" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "hurlement" or "hurlements" show up more?
Useful next steps
"hurlement" and "hurlements" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "hurlement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hurlements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hurlement" and "hurlements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humblement vs hurlement". 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 #81,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.