hospice

^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\

/^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\/ noun

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The verdict

“hospice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,858. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,858
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu élevée, des enfants, des infirmes ou des vieillards hors d’état de subvenir à leurs prop...

Corpus desk

Index FR-hospice · hospice · French

hospice · rank #19,858 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,858
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hongroise

Nearest frequency peer: hongroise (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hospice »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hospice » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hospice vs hostie
71% similar
hospice vs hostile
71% similar
hospice vs hospices
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hospice
PropertyValue
Headwordhospice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,858
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hospice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hospicese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hongroise » (#19,857), « hospitalière » (#19,859), « homicides » (#19,856). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hospice » est au #19,858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hospice (IPA ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,858 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hospice, with forms such as "hhospice", "hopsice", and "hosipce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hostie", "hostile", "hospices", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hospice, spelled H-O-S-P-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu élevée, des enfants, des infirmes ou des vieillards hors d’état de subvenir à leurs propres besoins.
  2. 2
    Ce type d'établissement pour les vieillards.
  3. 3
    Maison où des religieux donnent l’hospitalité aux pèlerins, aux voyageurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait au village deux enfants qu’on appelait « les enfants de l’hospice » ; ils avaient une plaque de plomb au cou avec un numéro ; ils étaient mal habillés et sales ; on se moquait d’eux ; on les battait ; les autres enfants les poursuivaient souvent comme on poursuit un chien perdu pour s’amuser, et aussi parce qu’un chien perdu n’a personne pour l…
  2. Je ne puis voir un pauvre sans lui donner ma bourse. J’ai doté des orphelines, établi des jeunes gens méritants, nourri des vieillards, fondé des hospices.

This word in other languages

hospice(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhospice
  • hopsice
  • hosipce
  • hospcie
  • hospicce
  • hospiec
  • hosppice
  • hosspice
  • hsopice
  • ohspice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hospice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhospice1hopsice2hosipce2hospcie2hospicce1hospiec2hosppice1hosspice1
Edit distance from "hospice"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hospice"?
"hospice" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\.
What does "hospice" mean?
As a noun, "hospice" means: Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu élevée, des enfants, des infirmes ou des vieillards hors d’état de subvenir à leurs prop...
What words are commonly confused with "hospice"?
"hospice" is commonly confused with "hostie", "hostile", "hospices". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hospice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hospice" is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hospice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

haïtien#19,853Halifax#19,851habitez#19,850incombe#19,867

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gravier10 variantsinjures10 variantsessences10 variantslocatif10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list