Which to use
“hospitalier” and “hospitalisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,720
- “hospitalier” frequency rank
- #28,988
- “hospitalisés” frequency rank
- 37708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalier | hospitalisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif aux hôpitaux et aux hospices. | Masculin pluriel de hospitalisé. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalier and hospitalisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. hospitalier runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVC) against hospitalisés's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hospitalier and hospitalisés
A purely visual mix-up. hospitalier (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\) and hospitalisés (^((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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37708, 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\. hospitalisés is at rank #28,988, 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 37708, this pair ranks #260,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalier vs hospitalisés
Shared letters: ahilopst. Private to "hospitalier": er. Private to "hospitalisés": é.
"hospitalier" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC · "hospitalisés" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitalier ← hhospitalier · hopsitalier · hosiptalier · hospiatlier · hospitailer · hospitaleir · hospitalierr · hospitalire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hospitalier" and "hospitalisés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hospitalier" vs "hospitalisés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hospitalier" and "hospitalisés" 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 "hospitalisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalier" and "hospitalisés" 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 #260,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.