Which to use
“hooked” and “hosted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,045
- “hooked” frequency rank
- #4,678
- “hosted” frequency rank
- 12723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hooked | hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of hook | simple past and past participle of host |
Where the eye mixes hooked and hosted
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses hooked with hosted
A purely visual mix-up. hooked (/hʊkt/) and hosted (/ˈhoʊstɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hooked is recorded at frequency rank #8,045, classified as averb, pronounced /hʊkt/. hosted is at rank #4,678, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈhoʊstɪd/.
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 12723, this pair ranks #479,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hooked vs hosted
Shared letters: deho. Private to "hooked": k. Private to "hosted": st.
"hooked" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "hosted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hooked" and "hosted" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hooked" vs "hosted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hooked" and "hosted" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hooked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hosted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #479,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hooked" and "hosted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hooked". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #479,903 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.