Which to use
“Homs” is a name and “hosts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,232
- “Homs” frequency rank
- #43,973
- “hosts” frequency rank
- 92205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Homs | hosts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Stadt in Syrien | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host |
Letter map: Homs vs hosts
Shared letters muted; letters that set Homs and hosts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Homs runs 4 letters (CVCC) against hosts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Homs / hosts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Homs is aname and hostsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Homs is recorded at frequency rank #48,232, classified as aname, pronounced [hɔms]. 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 92205, this pair ranks #31,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Homs vs hosts
Shared letters: hos. Private to "Homs": m. Private to "hosts": t.
"Homs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Homs" for "hosts" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Homs" or "hosts"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Homs" and "hosts".
- Full dictionary entry for "Homs" 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 #31,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Homs" and "hosts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "höh vs Homs". 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 #31,645 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.