Which to use
“hospitalisée” is a noun and “hospitalisés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,804
- “hospitalisée” frequency rank
- #28,988
- “hospitalisés” frequency rank
- 58792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalisée | hospitalisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne admise dans un hôpital, en qualité de malade. | Masculin pluriel de hospitalisé. |
Same sound, different letters: hospitalisée vs hospitalisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. hospitalisée (CVCCVCVCVCVV) and hospitalisés (CVCCVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: hospitalisée vs hospitalisés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: hospitalisée and hospitalisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “hospitalisée” becomes s in “hospitalisés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitalisée is recorded at frequency rank #29,804, classified as anoun, 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 58792, this pair ranks #106,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalisée vs hospitalisés
Shared letters: ahilopsté. Private to "hospitalisée": e. Private to "hospitalisés": -.
"hospitalisée" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVV · "hospitalisés" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hospitalisée" and "hospitalisés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hospitalisée" or "hospitalisés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalisée" 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 #106,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalisée" and "hospitalisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalières vs hospitalisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #106,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.