hotel
\hoˈtɛl\
The verdict
“hotel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,576
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine H.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hotel · hotel · French
hotel · rank #7,576 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,576
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH guérir
Nearest frequency peer: guérir (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hotel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grammaire
grammaire
92,428 corpus weight
- grenier
grenier
92,427 corpus weight
- guérir
guérir
92,426 corpus weight
- hotel
hotel
92,425 corpus weight
- immigrés
immigrés
92,424 corpus weight
- imposant
imposant
92,423 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hotel” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hotel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \hoˈtɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hotel” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around hotel (IPA \hoˈtɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,576 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hotel, with forms such as "hhotel", "hoetl", and "hotell". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HTML", "Howe", "hôtes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hotel, spelled H-O-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1(radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine H.
- 2Pavillon du code international des signaux maritimes correspondant à la lettre H.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhotel
- hoetl
- hotell
- hotle
- hottel
- htoel
- ohtel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hotel - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hotel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "hotel". Here's where to go from here.
- "hotel" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "HTML". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,576 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.