championsvshotelsTell them apart

Quick tell: champions is a verb, hotels is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“champions” is a verb and “hotels” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,501
“champions” frequency rank
#3,592
“hotels” frequency rank
8093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champions hotels
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs champion Plural des Substantivs hotel

Letter map: champions vs hotels

Shared letters muted; letters that set champions and hotels apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. champions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against hotels's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
champions
6 ch
hotels

Grammar separator: champions vs hotels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: champions is averb and hotelsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

champions is recorded at frequency rank #4,501, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hotels is at rank #3,592, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 8093, this pair ranks #1,985,668 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of champions vs hotels

Shared letters: hos. Private to "champions": acimnp. Private to "hotels": elt.

"champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "hotels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • championscahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn
  • hotelshhotels · hoetls · hotells · hotelss · hotesl · hotles · hottels · htoels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "champions" and "hotels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "champions" is a verb and "hotels" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "champions" vs "hotels" - which ranks higher?
"hotels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,592 in our German list, against #4,501 for "champions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "champions" and "hotels". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hotels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,985,668 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champions" and "hotels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champions vs puzzles". 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 #1,985,668 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list