Which to use
“hospitalier” and “hospitalières” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,720
- “hospitalier” frequency rank
- #31,540
- “hospitalières” frequency rank
- 40260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalier | hospitalières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux hôpitaux et aux hospices. | Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif hospitalier. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalier and hospitalières
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitalier runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against hospitalières's 13 (CVCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hospitalier and hospitalières
A purely visual mix-up. hospitalier (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\) and hospitalières (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitalier is recorded at frequency rank #8,720, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\. hospitalières is at rank #31,540, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\.
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 40260, this pair ranks #241,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalier vs hospitalières
Shared letters: aehiloprst. Private to "hospitalier": -. Private to "hospitalières": è.
"hospitalier" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "hospitalières" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitalier ← hhospitalier · hopsitalier · hosiptalier · hospiatlier · hospitailer · hospitaleir · hospitalierr · hospitalire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hospitalier" for "hospitalières" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hospitalier" or "hospitalières"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalier" and "hospitalières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalières vs hospitalisés". 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 #241,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.