hôtels

^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\

/^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“hôtels” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,770
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de hôtel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hotels · hôtels · French

hôtels · rank #5,770 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,770
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH initial

Nearest frequency peer: initial (+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 « hôtels »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hôtels » 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).

hôtels vs hôtes
83% similar
hôtels vs hôtesse
71% similar
hôtels vs hôte
67% similar

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

Key facts for hôtels
PropertyValue
Headwordhôtels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,770
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hôtels »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hôtelsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « initial » (#5,771), « hebdomadaire » (#5,768), « initialement » (#5,772). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hôtels » est au #5,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hôtels (IPA ^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,770 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de hôtel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hôtels, with forms such as "hhôtels", "hotels", and "htôels". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hôtes", "hôtesse", "hôte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hôtels, spelled H-Ô-T-E-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de hôtel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Lorsqu’en 1836 on a démoli sous le faubourg Saint-Honoré, pour le reconstruire, le vieil égout en pierre où nous voyons en ce moment Jean Valjean engagé, le sable mouvant, qui est le sous-sol des Champs-Élysées jusqu’à la Seine, fit obstacle au point que l’opération dura près de six mois, au grand récri des riverains, surtout des riverains à hôtels et à c…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhôtels
  • hotels
  • htôels
  • hôetls
  • hôtells
  • hôtelss
  • hôtesl
  • hôtles
  • hôttels
  • ôhtels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hôtels - 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.

hhôtels1hotels1htôels2hôetls2hôtells1hôtelss1hôtesl2hôtles2
Edit distance from "hôtels"

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 "hôtels"?
"hôtels" is spelled H-Ô-T-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\.
What does "hôtels" mean?
As a noun, "hôtels" means: Pluriel de hôtel.
What words are commonly confused with "hôtels"?
"hôtels" is commonly confused with "hôtes", "hôtesse", "hôte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hôtels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hôtels" is ^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hôtels" come from?
"hôtels" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list