Which to use
“Horne” and “hôte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,975
- “Horne” frequency rank
- #6,098
- “hôte” frequency rank
- 50073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Horne | hôte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante du datif singulier de Horn. | Celui qui donne l’hospitalité par humanité, par amitié, par bienveillance. |
Where the eye mixes Horne and hôte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Horne 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.
Visual trap between Horne and hôte
A purely visual mix-up. Horne (\ˈhɔʁnə\) 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 50073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Horne is recorded at frequency rank #43,975, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈhɔʁnə\. 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 50073, this pair ranks #165,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Horne vs hôte
Shared letters: eh. Private to "Horne": nor. Private to "hôte": tô.
"Horne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hôte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Horne ← hhorne · honre · horen · hornne · horrne · hrone · ohrne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Horne" and "hôte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Horne" or "hôte" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Horne" and "hôte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Horne" 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 #165,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Horne" and "hôte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Horne vs hornet". 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 #165,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.