Which to use
“hosts” is a verb and “tore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,973
- “hosts” frequency rank
- #2,414
- “tore” frequency rank
- 46387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hosts | tore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host | Vulva |
Letter map: hosts vs tore
Shared letters muted; letters that set hosts and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for hosts / tore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hosts is averb and toreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hosts is recorded at frequency rank #43,973, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tore is at rank #2,414, tagged as anoun, 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 46387, this pair ranks #1,320,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hosts vs tore
Shared letters: ot. Private to "hosts": hs. Private to "tore": er.
"hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hosts" and "tore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "hosts" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "hosts" vs "tore" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hosts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,320,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hosts" and "tore" 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 #1,320,816 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.