Which to use
“halte” and “hôte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,850
- “halte” frequency rank
- #6,098
- “hôte” frequency rank
- 15948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | halte | hôte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pause, station des gens de guerre dans leur marche. | Celui qui donne l’hospitalité par humanité, par amitié, par bienveillance. |
Where the eye mixes halte and hôte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between halte and hôte
A purely visual mix-up. halte (^((h aspiré))\alt\) and hôte (^((h muet))\ot\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
halte is recorded at frequency rank #9,850, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\alt\. hôte is at rank #6,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ot\.
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 15948, this pair ranks #390,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of halte vs hôte
Shared letters: eht. Private to "halte": al. Private to "hôte": ô.
"halte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hôte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- halte ← ahlte · halet · hallte · haltte · hatle · hhalte · hlate
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "halte" and "hôte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "halte" or "hôte"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "halte" and "hôte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "halte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hôte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,100 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "halte" and "hôte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "halte vs Hatem". 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 #390,100 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.