# hope vs host

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hope
*noun · IPA [həʊp] · frequency rank #11,068*
Hoffnung

### host
*verb · IPA [hoːst] · frequency rank #18,284*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hosen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hope-vs-host