hotelier

/həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/

//həʊˈtɛl.i.ə// noun

"hotelier" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hotelier” is uncommon English (frequency #60,162 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,162
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who owns or runs a hotel.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hotelier · hotelier · English

hotelier · rank #60,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,162
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH horrifically

Nearest frequency peer: horrifically (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “hotelier”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “hotelier” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hotelier
PropertyValue
Headwordhotelier
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hotelier” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).hotelierfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “horrifically” (#60,161), “hothouse” (#60,163), “houseguest” (#60,164). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hotelier” is #60,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hotelier is uncommon English at frequency #60,162 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who owns or runs a hotel.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hotelier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French hôtelier. The correct English form is hotelier, spelled H-O-T-E-L-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who owns or runs a hotel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hotelier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mumbai: Hotelier Gaurav Arya arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Mumbai on Tuesday to record his statement in a money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
  2. Jim managed to secure employment in a hotel on the lake shore, but even then I could see that his interest in being a hotelier was waning.

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtelier.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hotelier"?
"hotelier" is spelled H-O-T-E-L-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/.
What does "hotelier" mean?
As a noun, "hotelier" means: Someone who owns or runs a hotel.
How do you pronounce "hotelier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hotelier" is /həʊˈtɛl.i.ə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "hotelier"?
Borrowed from French hôtelier. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hotelier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list