Which to use
“hospital” and “hospitales” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,017
- “hospital” frequency rank
- #3,850
- “hospitales” frequency rank
- 4867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospital | hospitales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lugar donde se atiende a los enfermos, para proporcionar el diagnóstico y tratamiento que necesitan. | Forma del plural de hospital. |
Where the eye mixes hospital and hospitales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. hospital runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against hospitales's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hospital vs hospitales
A purely visual mix-up. hospital ([ospiˈt̪al]) and hospitales ([ospiˈt̪ales]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “hospital” sits inside “hospitales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospital is recorded at frequency rank #1,017, classified as anoun, pronounced [ospiˈt̪al]. hospitales is at rank #3,850, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ospiˈt̪ales].
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 4867, this pair ranks #315,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hospital vs hospitales
Shared letters: ahilopst. Private to "hospital": -. Private to "hospitales": e.
"hospital" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "hospitales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospital ← hhospital · hopsital · hosiptal · hospiatl · hospitall · hospitla · hospittal · hosppital
- hospitales ← hhospitales · hopsitales · hosiptales · hospiatles · hospitaels · hospitaless · hospitalles · hospitalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hospital" and "hospitales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hospital" or "hospitales"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hospital" and "hospitales" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospital" and "hospitales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospital vs hostal". 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 #315,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.