hobbiesvsHobbitWhich spelling fits?

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“hobbies” and “Hobbit” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,116
“hobbies” frequency rank
#24,770
“Hobbit” frequency rank
54886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hobbies Hobbit
Definition Plural des Substantivs hobby kleine, humanoide, intelligente Kreatur, die bevorzugt in Erdhöhlen wohnt

Letter map: hobbies vs Hobbit

Shared letters muted; letters that set hobbies and Hobbit apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
hobbies
6 ch
Hobbit

Spelling & dictionary notes on hobbies vs Hobbit

hobbies and Hobbit are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hobbies is recorded at frequency rank #30,116, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Hobbit is at rank #24,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔbɪt].

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 54886, this pair ranks #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hobbies vs Hobbit

Shared letters: bhio. Private to "hobbies": es. Private to "Hobbit": t.

"hobbies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "Hobbit" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hobbieshbobies · hhobbies · hobbeis · hobbiess · hobbise · hobibes · hobies · ohbbies
  • Hobbithbobit · hhobbit · hobbitt · hobbti · hobibt · hobit · ohbbit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hobbies" for "Hobbit" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hobbies" vs "Hobbit" - which ranks higher?
"Hobbit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,770 in our German list, against #30,116 for "hobbies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "hobbies" and "Hobbit". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hobbies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hobbit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hobbies" and "Hobbit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hobbies vs puzzles". 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 #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list