Homs

[hɔms]

/[hɔms]/ name

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The verdict

“Homs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,232
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Syrien

Corpus desk

Index DE-homs · Homs · German

Homs · rank #48,232 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,232
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Homos

Nearest frequency peer: Homos (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Homs“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Homs“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Homs vs hör
0% similar
Homs vs how
25% similar
Homs vs hot
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Homs
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoms
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[hɔms]
Letters4
Frequency rank#48,232
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Homs“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Homsliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Homos“ (#48,231), „Hooligan“ (#48,233), „holsteinische“ (#48,230). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Homs“ bei #48,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Homs (IPA [hɔms]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,232 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Syrien".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Homs, with forms such as "hhoms", "hmos", and "homms". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hör", "how", "hot", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Homs, spelled H-O-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Syrien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Homs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „In Homs oder Damaskus gehen die Menschen nur dann zur Arbeit, wenn gerade die Waffen schweigen.“

This word in other languages

Homs(English)Homs(Español)Homs(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhoms
  • hmos
  • homms
  • homss
  • hosm
  • ohms

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Homs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhoms1hmos2homms1homss1hosm2ohms2
Edit distance from "Homs"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Homs"?
"Homs" is spelled H-O-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is [hɔms].
What does "Homs" mean?
As a proper noun, "Homs" means: Stadt in Syrien
What words are commonly confused with "Homs"?
"Homs" is commonly confused with "hör", "how", "hot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Homs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Homs" is [hɔms]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Homs" come from?
"Homs" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Homs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hola#48,229hide#48,219Mals#48,319Efeu#48,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list