Which to use
“home” and “homes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #149
- “home” frequency rank
- #2,074
- “homes” frequency rank
- 2223
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | home | homes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A dwelling. | plural of home |
Where the eye mixes home and homes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. home (/həʊm/) and homes (/həʊmz/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “home” sits inside “homes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
home is recorded at frequency rank #149, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊm/. homes is at rank #2,074, tagged as anoun, pronounced /həʊmz/.
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 2223, this pair ranks #525,536 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of home vs homes
Shared letters: ehmo. Private to "home": -. Private to "homes": s.
"home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "homes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC