homvsHoseConfusable pair

Quick tell: hom is a pronoun, Hose is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hom” is a pronoun and “Hose” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
#2,968
“Hose” frequency rank
46220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hom Hose
Definition die Leute, irgendwelche Leute Kleidungsstück, das den Körper unterhalb der Taille (bis zu den Füßen) bedeckt und dabei jedes Bein einzeln umschließt. Der Plural ist auch für den Singular gebräuchlich, da eine Hose aus zwei Schläuchen (Hosen) besteht (vergleiche die Herkunft).

Letter map: hom vs Hose

Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and Hose apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hom
4 ch
Hose

Part-of-speech tell for hom / Hose

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and Hoseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Hose is at rank #2,968, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhoːzə].

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 46220, this pair ranks #1,326,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hom vs Hose

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hom": m. Private to "Hose": es.

"hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Hose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hosehhose · hoes · hosse · hsoe · ohse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hom" and "Hose" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hom" is a pronoun and "Hose" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hom" or "Hose"?
"Hose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,968 in our German list, against #43,252 for "hom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "hom" and "Hose". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,326,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hom" and "Hose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom 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 #1,326,520 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