Which to use
“Holmes” is a name and “hôtes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,402
- “Holmes” frequency rank
- #8,560
- “hôtes” frequency rank
- 21962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Holmes | hôtes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille d’origine anglaise. | Pluriel de hôte. |
Letter map: Holmes vs hôtes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Holmes and hôtes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Holmes / hôtes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Holmes is aname and hôtesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Holmes is recorded at frequency rank #13,402, 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 21962, this pair ranks #360,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Holmes vs hôtes
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "Holmes": lmo. Private to "hôtes": tô.
"Holmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hôtes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Holmes ← hholmes · hlomes · holems · hollmes · holmess · holmmes · holmse · homles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Holmes" and "hôtes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Holmes" or "hôtes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "Holmes" vs "hôtes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Holmes" 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 #360,515 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Holmes" and "hôtes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haltes vs Holmes". 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 #360,515 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.