HopivshotsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Hopi” and “hots” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,740
“Hopi” frequency rank
#37,029
“hots” frequency rank
77769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hopi hots
Definition A member of a particular tribe of North American natives. A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.

Letter map: Hopi vs hots

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hopi and hots apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hopi (CVCV) and hots (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Hopi
4 ch
hots

Spelling & dictionary notes on Hopi vs hots

Hopi and hots 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hopi is recorded at frequency rank #40,740, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhəʊ.pi/. hots is at rank #37,029, 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 77769, this pair ranks #26,318 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hopi vs hots

Shared letters: ho. Private to "Hopi": ip. Private to "hots": st.

"Hopi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hots" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hopi ← hhopi · hoip · hoppi · hpoi · ohpi
  • hots ← hhots · hotts · htos · ohts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hopi" and "hots" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hopi" vs "hots" - which ranks higher?
"hots" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,029 in our English list, against #40,740 for "Hopi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Hopi" vs "hots" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hopi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,318 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hopi" and "hots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs Hopi". 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 #26,318 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list