Which to use
“hospitalisée” and “hospitalité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,804
- “hospitalisée” frequency rank
- #15,404
- “hospitalité” frequency rank
- 45208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalisée | hospitalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 hospitalisée and hospitalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hospitalisée runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVV) against hospitalité's 11 (CVCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hospitalisée and hospitalité
A purely visual mix-up. hospitalisée (^((h muet))\ɔs.pi.ta.li.ze\) 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 45208, 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\. 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 45208, this pair ranks #204,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalisée vs hospitalité
Shared letters: ahilopsté. Private to "hospitalisée": e. Private to "hospitalité": -.
"hospitalisée" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVV · "hospitalité" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hospitalisée" and "hospitalité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hospitalisée" or "hospitalité" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hospitalisée" and "hospitalité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalisée" 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 #204,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalisée" and "hospitalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalisée vs hospitalisés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #204,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.