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“hostil” and “hostiles” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,350
- “hostil” frequency rank
- #16,611
- “hostiles” frequency rank
- 26961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hostil | hostiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que es enemigo o contrario. | Forma del plural de hostil. |
Where the eye mixes hostil and hostiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hostil vs hostiles
A purely visual mix-up. hostil ([osˈt̪il]) and hostiles ([osˈt̪iles]) 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) - “hostil” sits inside “hostiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hostil is recorded at frequency rank #10,350, classified as anadj, pronounced [osˈt̪il]. hostiles is at rank #16,611, tagged as anadj, pronounced [osˈt̪iles].
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 26961, this pair ranks #229,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hostil vs hostiles
Shared letters: hilost. Private to "hostil": -. Private to "hostiles": e.
"hostil" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hostiles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hostil" and "hostiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hostil" or "hostiles" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hostil" and "hostiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hostil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hostiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hostil" and "hostiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hastío vs hostil". 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 #229,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.