Which to use
“hospitalier” is an adjective and “hospitalisée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,720
- “hospitalier” frequency rank
- #29,804
- “hospitalisée” frequency rank
- 38524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalier | hospitalisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux hôpitaux et aux hospices. | Personne admise dans un hôpital, en qualité de malade. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalier and hospitalisée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitalier runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against hospitalisée's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses hospitalier with hospitalisée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hospitalier is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\ while hospitalisée is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38524, 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\. hospitalisée is at rank #29,804, tagged as anoun, 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 38524, this pair ranks #254,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalier vs hospitalisée
Shared letters: aehilopst. Private to "hospitalier": r. Private to "hospitalisée": é.
"hospitalier" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "hospitalisée" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitalier ← hhospitalier · hopsitalier · hosiptalier · hospiatlier · hospitailer · hospitaleir · hospitalierr · hospitalire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hospitalier" for "hospitalisée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hospitalier" vs "hospitalisée" - which ranks higher?
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 "hospitalisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalier" and "hospitalisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalisée 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 #254,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.