Which to use
“hospitalière” and “hospitalité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,859
- “hospitalière” frequency rank
- #15,404
- “hospitalité” frequency rank
- 35263
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalière | hospitalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religieuse de l’ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem. | État de qui est hospitalier, générosité de cœur, sociabilité qui dispose à accueillir quelqu'un chez soi. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalière and hospitalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. hospitalière runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVVCV) against hospitalité's 11 (CVCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hospitalière and hospitalité
A purely visual mix-up. hospitalière (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.ljɛʁ\) and hospitalité (\ɔs.pi.ta.li.te\) 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 35263, 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\. hospitalité is at rank #15,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔs.pi.ta.li.te\.
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 35263, this pair ranks #278,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalière vs hospitalité
Shared letters: ahilopst. Private to "hospitalière": erè. Private to "hospitalité": é.
"hospitalière" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCV · "hospitalité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hospitalière" and "hospitalité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hospitalière" vs "hospitalité" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "hospitalité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalière" and "hospitalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalière vs hospitalières". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #278,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.