Which to use
“hoche” and “hôte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,349
- “hoche” frequency rank
- #6,098
- “hôte” frequency rank
- 31447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hoche | hôte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coche, entaillure, spécialement en parlant de la marque qu’on fait sur une taille pour tenir le compte du pain, du vin, de la viande, etc., qu’on prend à crédit. | Celui qui donne l’hospitalité par humanité, par amitié, par bienveillance. |
Where the eye mixes hoche and hôte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. hoche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hôte's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hoche vs hôte
A purely visual mix-up. hoche (^((h aspiré))\ɔʃ\) 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 31447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hoche is recorded at frequency rank #25,349, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔʃ\. 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 31447, this pair ranks #303,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hoche vs hôte
Shared letters: eh. Private to "hoche": co. Private to "hôte": tô.
"hoche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hôte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hoche ← hcohe · hhoche · hocche · hoceh · hochhe · hohce · ohche
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hoche" and "hôte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hoche" or "hôte"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hoche" 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 #303,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hoche" and "hôte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoche vs Horne". 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 #303,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.