hotelsvssemesterConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,592
“hotels” frequency rank
#6,725
“semester” frequency rank
10317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hotels semester
Definition Plural des Substantivs hotel arbeitsfreie Zeit zur Erholung, oftmals bezahlt und in Schweden im Sommer; Ferien, Urlaub

Letter map: hotels vs semester

Shared letters muted; letters that set hotels and semester apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hotels runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against semester's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
hotels
8 ch
semester

Pair insight - hotels / semester

hotels and semester are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hotels is recorded at frequency rank #3,592, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. semester is at rank #6,725, 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 10317, this pair ranks #1,975,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hotels vs semester

Shared letters: est. Private to "hotels": hlo. Private to "semester": mr.

"hotels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "semester" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hotelshhotels · hoetls · hotells · hotelss · hotesl · hotles · hottels · htoels
  • semesteresmester · seemster · semesetr · semesster · semesterr · semestre · semestter · semetser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hotels" for "semester" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hotels" vs "semester" - which ranks higher?
"hotels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,592 in our German list, against #6,725 for "semester". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "hotels" vs "semester" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hotels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "semester" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,975,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hotels" and "semester" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs semester". 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 #1,975,730 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