hostel

\ɔs.tel\

/\ɔs.tel\/ noun

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The verdict

“hostel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,976
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auberge de jeunesse, pension dans les pays anglosaxons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hostel · hostel · French

hostel · rank #43,976 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,976
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Horne

Nearest frequency peer: Horne (-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 « hostel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hostel » 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).

hostel vs hôte
50% similar
hostel vs hotel
83% similar
hostel vs hôtes
50% similar

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

Key facts for hostel
PropertyValue
Headwordhostel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔs.tel\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,976
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hostel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hostelse 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 « Horne » (#43,975), « hyperactivité » (#43,977), « historical » (#43,974). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hostel » est au #43,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hostel (IPA \ɔs.tel\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,976 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Auberge de jeunesse, pension dans les pays anglosaxons.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hostel, with forms such as "hhostel", "hosetl", and "hosstel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "hôte", "hotel", "hôtes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hostel, spelled H-O-S-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Auberge de jeunesse, pension dans les pays anglosaxons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Intimité inexistante, hygiène déplorable, conditions de vie humiliantes, tuberculose, sida, les hostels étaient des lieux dangereux…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhostel
  • hosetl
  • hosstel
  • hostell
  • hostle
  • hosttel
  • hotsel
  • hsotel
  • ohstel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hostel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhostel1hosetl2hosstel1hostell1hostle2hosttel1hotsel2hsotel2
Edit distance from "hostel"

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 "hostel"?
"hostel" is spelled H-O-S-T-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔs.tel\.
What does "hostel" mean?
As a noun, "hostel" means: Auberge de jeunesse, pension dans les pays anglosaxons.
What words are commonly confused with "hostel"?
"hostel" is commonly confused with "hôte", "hotel", "hôtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hostel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hostel" is \ɔs.tel\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hostel" come from?
"hostel" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Grigny#43,967gravit#43,965glissa#43,962Giulio#43,961

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fumeuse9 variantsfrottis9 variantsfouillis9 variantsKnesset9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list