Holmes or homes?
holmes is a noun meaning “plural of holme”; homes is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of holmes”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) homes is about 4.3 times as common as holmes.
What is the difference between holmes and homes?
| holmes | homes | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | ||
| Example | Hey, holmes! What's up? | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /həʊmz/ /hoʊmz/ |
| In writing | 11 times per million words | 49 times per million words |
Sources: holmes and homes in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of holmes and homes
holmes
- 1
slangAn informal term of address, like man or dude
Hey, holmes! What's up?
homes
- 1
slangAlternative spelling of holmes
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, holmes or homes?
holmes appears 11 times per million words; homes 49 times per million words.
holmes 11 times per million wordshomes 49 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).