Which to use
“home” and “hos” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #149
- “home” frequency rank
- #31,601
- “hos” frequency rank
- 31750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | home | hos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A dwelling. | plural of ho |
Letter map: home vs hos
Shared letters muted; letters that set home and hos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
home 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 31750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
home is recorded at frequency rank #149, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊm/. 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 31750, this pair ranks #343,529 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of home vs hos
Shared letters: ho. Private to "home": em. Private to "hos": s.
"home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- home ← hhome · hmoe · hoem · ohme