Which to use
“hole” and “home” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,206
- “hole” frequency rank
- #149
- “home” frequency rank
- 2355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hole | home |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. | A dwelling. |
Where the eye mixes hole and home
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. hole (/həʊl/) and home (/həʊm/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - l in “hole” becomes m in “home”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hole is recorded at frequency rank #2,206, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊl/. home is at rank #149, tagged as anoun, pronounced /həʊm/.
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 2355, this pair ranks #525,191 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hole vs home
Shared letters: eho. Private to "hole": l. Private to "home": m.
"hole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV