Which to use
“hospitalisé” and “hospitalisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,504
- “hospitalisé” frequency rank
- #28,988
- “hospitalisés” frequency rank
- 47492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalisé | hospitalisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’une personne admise dans un hôpital, en qualité de malade. | Masculin pluriel de hospitalisé. |
Same sound, different letters: hospitalisé vs hospitalisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. hospitalisé runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against hospitalisés's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: hospitalisé vs hospitalisés
This is the hard kind. hospitalisé and hospitalisés are pronounced identically (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hospitalisé” sits inside “hospitalisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitalisé is recorded at frequency rank #18,504, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\. 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 47492, this pair ranks #186,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalisé vs hospitalisés
Shared letters: ahilopsté. Private to "hospitalisé": -. Private to "hospitalisés": -.
"hospitalisé" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "hospitalisés" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "hospitalisé" / "hospitalisés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalisé" 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 #186,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalisé" and "hospitalisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalières vs hospitalisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #186,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.