hotelvsHTMLWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hotel is a noun, HTML is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hotel” is a noun and “HTML” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,241
“hotel” frequency rank
#12,259
“HTML” frequency rank
13500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hotel HTML
Definition estabelecimento comercial do setor de serviços que atende visitantes alocando quartos pelo serviço de diárias, geralmente provendo, além da acomodação noturna, serviços de alimentos e bebidas que é construído no formato de Linguagem de Marcação de Hipertexto (HyperText Markup Language)

Letter map: hotel vs HTML

Shared letters muted; letters that set hotel and HTML apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
hotel
4 ch
HTML

Role in the sentence - hotel and HTML

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hotel is anoun and HTMLanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hotel is recorded at frequency rank #1,241, classified as anoun, pronounced /oˈtɛw/. HTML is at rank #12,259, tagged as anadj.

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 13500, this pair ranks #58,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hotel vs HTML

Shared letters: hlt. Private to "hotel": eo. Private to "HTML": m.

"hotel" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "HTML" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hotelhhotel · hoetl · hotell · hotle · hottel · htoel · ohtel
  • HTMLhhtml · hmtl · htlm · htmll · htmml · httml · thml

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hotel" and "HTML" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hotel" is a noun and "HTML" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hotel" or "HTML"?
"hotel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,241 in our Portuguese list, against #12,259 for "HTML". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hotel" vs "HTML" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hotel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "HTML" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hotel" and "HTML" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hem vs HTML". 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 #58,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list