Which to use
“homes” and “hôtels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,429
- “homes” frequency rank
- #5,770
- “hôtels” frequency rank
- 42199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homes | hôtels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de home. | Pluriel de hôtel. |
Where the eye mixes homes and hôtels
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. homes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hôtels's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses homes with hôtels
A purely visual mix-up. homes (^((h aspiré))\ɔm\) and hôtels (^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\) 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 42199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homes is recorded at frequency rank #36,429, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔm\. hôtels is at rank #5,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔ.tɛl\.
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 42199, this pair ranks #227,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of homes vs hôtels
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "homes": mo. Private to "hôtels": ltô.
"homes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hôtels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- homes ← hhomes · hmoes · hoems · homess · homse · ohmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "homes" and "hôtels" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "homes" or "hôtels"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "homes" and "hôtels" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "homes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hôtels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homes" and "hôtels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homes vs huées". 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 #227,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.