Which to use
“hostie” and “hôte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,989
- “hostie” frequency rank
- #6,098
- “hôte” frequency rank
- 35087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hostie | hôte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pain très mince et sans levain (azyme) que le prêtre offre et consacre à la messe. | Celui qui donne l’hospitalité par humanité, par amitié, par bienveillance. |
Where the eye mixes hostie and hôte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hostie runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against hôte's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hostie vs hôte
A purely visual mix-up. hostie (^((h muet))\ɔs.ti\) and hôte (^((h muet))\ot\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35087, 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\. hôte is at rank #6,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ot\.
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 35087, this pair ranks #279,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hostie vs hôte
Shared letters: eht. Private to "hostie": ios. Private to "hôte": ô.
"hostie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hôte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hostie ← hhostie · hosite · hosstie · hostei · hosttie · hotsie · hsotie · ohstie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hostie" and "hôte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hostie" vs "hôte" - 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 "hostie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hôte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,298 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hostie" and "hôte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hostel vs hostie". 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 #279,298 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.