Which to use
“hospitaliers” and “hospitalisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,950
- “hospitaliers” frequency rank
- #28,988
- “hospitalisés” frequency rank
- 43938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitaliers | hospitalisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif hospitalier. | Masculin pluriel de hospitalisé. |
Where the eye mixes hospitaliers and hospitalisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitaliers (CVCCVCVCVVCC) and hospitalisés (CVCCVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: hospitaliers vs hospitalisés
A purely visual mix-up. hospitaliers (^((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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitaliers is recorded at frequency rank #14,950, 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 43938, this pair ranks #214,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitaliers vs hospitalisés
Shared letters: ahilopst. Private to "hospitaliers": er. Private to "hospitalisés": é.
"hospitaliers" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC · "hospitalisés" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitaliers ← hhospitaliers · hopsitaliers · hosiptaliers · hospiatliers · hospitailers · hospitaleirs · hospitalierrs · hospitalierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hospitaliers" and "hospitalisés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hospitaliers" or "hospitalisés"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hospitaliers" and "hospitalisés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitaliers" 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 #214,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitaliers" 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 #214,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.