Which to use
“hash” and “hos” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,436
- “hash” frequency rank
- #31,601
- “hos” frequency rank
- 44037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hash | hos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. | plural of ho |
Letter map: hash vs hos
Shared letters muted; letters that set hash and hos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
hash and hos are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hash is recorded at frequency rank #12,436, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhæʃ/. hos is at rank #31,601, tagged as anoun.
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 44037, this pair ranks #234,284 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hash vs hos
Shared letters: hs. Private to "hash": a. Private to "hos": o.
"hash" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hash ← ahsh · hahs · hashh · hassh · hhash