Which to use
“hosto” and “hôte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,198
- “hosto” frequency rank
- #6,098
- “hôte” frequency rank
- 34296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hosto | hôte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hôpital. | Celui qui donne l’hospitalité par humanité, par amitié, par bienveillance. |
Where the eye mixes hosto and hôte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between hosto and hôte
A purely visual mix-up. hosto (^((h muet))\ɔs.to\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hosto is recorded at frequency rank #28,198, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ɔs.to\. 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 34296, this pair ranks #284,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hosto vs hôte
Shared letters: ht. Private to "hosto": os. Private to "hôte": eô.
"hosto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hôte" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hosto ← hhosto · hosot · hossto · hostto · hotso · hsoto · ohsto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hosto" and "hôte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hosto" or "hôte"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hosto" and "hôte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hosto" 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 #284,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hosto" and "hôte" 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 #284,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.