Which to use
“hostie” and “hotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,989
- “hostie” frequency rank
- #39,336
- “hotte” frequency rank
- 68325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hostie | hotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pain très mince et sans levain (azyme) que le prêtre offre et consacre à la messe. | Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos. |
Where the eye mixes hostie and hotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hostie runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against hotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hostie vs hotte
A purely visual mix-up. hostie (^((h muet))\ɔs.ti\) and hotte (^((h aspiré))\ɔt\) 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 68325, 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\. hotte is at rank #39,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\.
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 68325, this pair ranks #59,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hostie vs hotte
Shared letters: ehot. Private to "hostie": is. Private to "hotte": -.
"hostie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "hotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "hostie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,634 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hostie" and "hotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hotte vs huttes". 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 #59,634 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.