Which to use
“hospitalière” is a noun and “hospitalières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,859
- “hospitalière” frequency rank
- #31,540
- “hospitalières” frequency rank
- 51399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalière | hospitalières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religieuse de l’ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. | Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif hospitalier. |
Same sound, different letters: hospitalière vs hospitalières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. hospitalière runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVVCV) against hospitalières's 13 (CVCCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - hospitalière / hospitalières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: hospitalière and hospitalières carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hospitalière” sits inside “hospitalières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitalière is recorded at frequency rank #19,859, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\. 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 51399, this pair ranks #155,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalière vs hospitalières
Shared letters: aehiloprstè. Private to "hospitalière": -. Private to "hospitalières": -.
"hospitalière" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCV · "hospitalières" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hospitalière" and "hospitalières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hospitalière" or "hospitalières" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "hospitalière" / "hospitalières". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalière" 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 #155,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalière" and "hospitalières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalières vs hospitalisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #155,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.