Which to use
“Hobbes” is a name and “hôtes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,991
- “Hobbes” frequency rank
- #8,560
- “hôtes” frequency rank
- 40551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hobbes | hôtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Pluriel de hôte. |
Letter map: Hobbes vs hôtes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hobbes and hôtes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Hobbes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against hôtes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Hobbes / hôtes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hobbes is aname and hôtesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hobbes is recorded at frequency rank #31,991, classified as aname. hôtes is at rank #8,560, 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 40551, this pair ranks #239,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hobbes vs hôtes
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "Hobbes": bo. Private to "hôtes": tô.
"Hobbes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hôtes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hobbes ← hbobes · hhobbes · hobbess · hobbse · hobebs · hobes · ohbbes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Hobbes" and "hôtes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Hobbes" or "hôtes"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hobbes" and "hôtes".
- Full dictionary entry for "Hobbes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hôtes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hobbes" and "hôtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hobbes vs hobbies". 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 #239,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.