Which to use
“hôtes” and “huttes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,560
- “hôtes” frequency rank
- #44,495
- “huttes” frequency rank
- 53055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hôtes | huttes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de hôte. | Pluriel de hutte. |
Where the eye mixes hôtes and huttes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hôtes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against huttes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses hôtes with huttes
A purely visual mix-up. hôtes (^((h muet))\ot\) and huttes (^((h aspiré))\yt\) 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 53055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hôtes is recorded at frequency rank #8,560, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\ot\. huttes is at rank #44,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\yt\.
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 53055, this pair ranks #143,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hôtes vs huttes
Shared letters: ehst. Private to "hôtes": ô. Private to "huttes": u.
"hôtes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "huttes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- huttes ← hhuttes · htutes · hutes · hutets · huttess · huttse · uhttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hôtes" and "huttes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hôtes" or "huttes"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hôtes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "huttes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hôtes" and "huttes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haltes 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 #143,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.