Which to use
“hospitalisé” is an adjective and “hospitalité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,504
- “hospitalisé” frequency rank
- #15,404
- “hospitalité” frequency rank
- 33908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalisé | hospitalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dit d’une personne admise dans un hôpital, en qualité de malade. | État de qui est hospitalier, générosité de cœur, sociabilité qui dispose à accueillir quelqu'un chez soi. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalisé and hospitalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitalisé and hospitalité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses hospitalisé with hospitalité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hospitalisé is ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\ while hospitalité is \ɔs.pi.ta.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “hospitalisé” becomes t in “hospitalité”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33908, 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\. 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 33908, this pair ranks #287,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalisé vs hospitalité
Shared letters: ahilopsté. Private to "hospitalisé": -. Private to "hospitalité": -.
"hospitalisé" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "hospitalité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hospitalisé" for "hospitalité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hospitalisé" vs "hospitalité" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalisé" 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 #287,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalisé" and "hospitalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalisé vs hospitalisée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #287,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.