Which to use
“homes” is a noun and “hope” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,074
- “homes” frequency rank
- #346
- “hope” frequency rank
- 2420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homes | hope |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of home | To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]. |
Where the eye mixes homes and hope
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: homes is /həʊmz/ while hope is /həʊp/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homes is recorded at frequency rank #2,074, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊmz/. hope is at rank #346, tagged as averb, pronounced /həʊp/.
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 2420, this pair ranks #525,018 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of homes vs hope
Shared letters: eho. Private to "homes": ms. Private to "hope": p.
"homes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hope" · 4 letters · shape CVCV