Which to use
“home” and “house” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #149
- “home” frequency rank
- #186
- “house” frequency rank
- 335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | home | house |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A dwelling. | A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. |
Where the eye mixes home and house
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. home (/həʊm/) and house (/haʊs/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
home is recorded at frequency rank #149, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊm/. house is at rank #186, tagged as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/.
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 335, this pair ranks #529,579 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of home vs house
Shared letters: eho. Private to "home": m. Private to "house": su.
"home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV