Which to use
“hospitalier” and “hospitalisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,720
- “hospitalier” frequency rank
- #18,504
- “hospitalisé” frequency rank
- 27224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalier | hospitalisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux hôpitaux et aux hospices. | Se dit d’une personne admise dans un hôpital, en qualité de malade. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalier and hospitalisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. hospitalier (CVCCVCVCVVC) and hospitalisé (CVCCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses hospitalier with hospitalisé
A purely visual mix-up. hospitalier (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\) and hospitalisé (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27224, 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\. hospitalisé is at rank #18,504, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\.
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 27224, this pair ranks #330,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalier vs hospitalisé
Shared letters: ahilopst. Private to "hospitalier": er. Private to "hospitalisé": é.
"hospitalier" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "hospitalisé" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitalier ← hhospitalier · hopsitalier · hosiptalier · hospiatlier · hospitailer · hospitaleir · hospitalierr · hospitalire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hospitalier" and "hospitalisé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hospitalier" or "hospitalisé" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hospitalier" and "hospitalisé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalier" and "hospitalisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalisé vs hospitalisée". 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 #330,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.