Which to use
“hospice” and “hospices” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,858
- “hospice” frequency rank
- #34,120
- “hospices” frequency rank
- 53978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospice | hospices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu élevée, des enfants, des infirmes ou des vieillards hors d’état de subvenir à leurs propres besoins. | Pluriel de hospice. |
Same sound, different letters: hospice vs hospices
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. hospice runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against hospices's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - hospice / hospices
This is the hard kind. hospice and hospices are pronounced identically (^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hospice” sits inside “hospices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospice is recorded at frequency rank #19,858, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\. hospices is at rank #34,120, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\.
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 53978, this pair ranks #137,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospice vs hospices
Shared letters: cehiops. Private to "hospice": -. Private to "hospices": -.
"hospice" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "hospices" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hospice" for "hospices" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hospice" or "hospices"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospice" and "hospices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospice vs hostie". 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 #137,140 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.