Which to use
“hospitalière” is a noun and “hospitaliers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,859
- “hospitalière” frequency rank
- #14,950
- “hospitaliers” frequency rank
- 34809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalière | hospitaliers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religieuse de l’ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif hospitalier. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalière and hospitaliers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitalière (CVCCVCVCVVCV) and hospitaliers (CVCCVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: hospitalière vs hospitaliers
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hospitalière is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\ while hospitaliers is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34809, 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\. hospitaliers is at rank #14,950, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.lje\.
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 34809, this pair ranks #281,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalière vs hospitaliers
Shared letters: aehiloprst. Private to "hospitalière": è. Private to "hospitaliers": -.
"hospitalière" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCV · "hospitaliers" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitaliers ← hhospitaliers · hopsitaliers · hosiptaliers · hospiatliers · hospitailers · hospitaleirs · hospitalierrs · hospitalierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hospitalière" and "hospitaliers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "hospitalière" or "hospitaliers" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitaliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalière" and "hospitaliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalière vs hospitalières". 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 #281,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.