Which to use
“hostie” and “hosto” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,989
- “hostie” frequency rank
- #28,198
- “hosto” frequency rank
- 57187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hostie | hosto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pain très mince et sans levain (azyme) que le prêtre offre et consacre à la messe. | Hôpital. |
Where the eye mixes hostie and hosto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hostie runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against hosto's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hostie and hosto
A purely visual mix-up. hostie (^((h muet))\ɔs.ti\) and hosto (^((h muet))\ɔs.to\) 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 57187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hostie is recorded at frequency rank #28,989, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.ti\. hosto is at rank #28,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.to\.
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 57187, this pair ranks #116,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hostie vs hosto
Shared letters: host. Private to "hostie": ei. Private to "hosto": -.
"hostie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hostie" and "hosto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hostie" or "hosto" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hostie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hosto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hostie" and "hosto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hosto vs Huston". 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 #116,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.