Which to use
“hôpital” and “hospital” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,181
- “hôpital” frequency rank
- #23,888
- “hospital” frequency rank
- 25069
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hôpital | hospital |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établissement de production de soins et de services liés à la santé où les malades et les blessés sont soignés. | Variante de hôpital. |
Letter map: hôpital vs hospital
Shared letters muted; letters that set hôpital and hospital apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. hôpital runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against hospital's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - hôpital / hospital
hôpital and hospital are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hôpital is recorded at frequency rank #1,181, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\o.pi.tal\. hospital is at rank #23,888, tagged as anoun.
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 25069, this pair ranks #342,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hôpital vs hospital
Shared letters: ahilpt. Private to "hôpital": ô. Private to "hospital": os.
"hôpital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "hospital" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospital ← hhospital · hopsital · hosiptal · hospiatl · hospitall · hospitla · hospittal · hosppital
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hôpital" and "hospital" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hôpital" or "hospital"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hôpital" and "hospital".
- Full dictionary entry for "hôpital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospital" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hôpital" and "hospital" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hôpital vs hôpitaux". 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 #342,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.