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“Hotelier” and “Hoteliers” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,041
“Hotelier” frequency rank
#44,693
“Hoteliers” frequency rank
90734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hotelier Hoteliers
Definition Besitzer oder Leiter eines Hotels Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Hotelier

Where the eye mixes Hotelier and Hoteliers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
Hotelier
9 ch
Hoteliers

Visual trap between Hotelier and Hoteliers

A purely visual mix-up. Hotelier ([hotɛˈli̯eː]) and Hoteliers ([hotɛˈli̯eːs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Hotelier” sits inside “Hoteliers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hotelier is recorded at frequency rank #46,041, classified as anoun, pronounced [hotɛˈli̯eː]. Hoteliers is at rank #44,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hotɛˈli̯eːs].

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 90734, this pair ranks #44,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hotelier vs Hoteliers

Shared letters: ehilort. Private to "Hotelier": -. Private to "Hoteliers": s.

"Hotelier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "Hoteliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hotelierhhotelier · hoetlier · hoteiler · hoteleir · hotelierr · hotelire · hotellier · hotleier
  • Hoteliershhoteliers · hoetliers · hoteilers · hoteleirs · hotelierrs · hotelierss · hoteliesr · hotelires

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hotelier" and "Hoteliers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([hotɛˈli̯eː] versus [hotɛˈli̯eːs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Hotelier" vs "Hoteliers" - which ranks higher?
"Hoteliers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,693 in our German list, against #46,041 for "Hotelier". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Hotelier" and "Hoteliers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hotelier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hoteliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,224 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #44,224 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