# hopes vs Hosea

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hopes
*noun · IPA /hoʊps/ · frequency rank #3,630*
plural of hope

### Hosea
*name · IPA /ˌhoʊˈziːə/ · frequency rank #48,807*
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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