hohesvshostsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hohes is a adjective, hosts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hohes” is an adjective and “hosts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,381
“hohes” frequency rank
#43,973
“hosts” frequency rank
49354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hohes hosts
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hoch 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host

Letter map: hohes vs hosts

Shared letters muted; letters that set hohes and hosts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hohes (CVCVC) and hosts (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
hohes
5 ch
hosts

Grammar separator: hohes vs hosts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hohes is anadjective and hostsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hohes is recorded at frequency rank #5,381, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhoːəs]. hosts is at rank #43,973, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 49354, this pair ranks #1,214,665 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hohes vs hosts

Shared letters: hos. Private to "hohes": e. Private to "hosts": t.

"hohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hohes ← hhoes · hhohes · hoehs · hohess · hohhes · hohse · ohhes
  • hosts ← hhosts · hossts · hostss · hostts · hotss · hsots · ohsts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hohes" for "hosts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hohes" is an adjective and "hosts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hohes" vs "hosts" - which ranks higher?
"hohes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,381 in our German list, against #43,973 for "hosts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "hohes" vs "hosts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hohes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hosts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,214,665 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hohes" and "hosts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hosts 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 #1,214,665 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