Which to use
“hopping” is a noun and “hosting” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,490
- “hopping” frequency rank
- #5,503
- “hosting” frequency rank
- 21993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hopping | hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. | present participle and gerund of host |
Letter map: hopping vs hosting
Shared letters muted; letters that set hopping and hosting apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - hopping and hosting
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hopping is anoun and hostingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hopping is recorded at frequency rank #16,490, classified as anoun. hosting is at rank #5,503, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈhoʊstɪŋ/.
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 21993, this pair ranks #419,853 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hopping vs hosting
Shared letters: ghino. Private to "hopping": p. Private to "hosting": st.
"hopping" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "hosting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hopping" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hosting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,853 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hopping" and "hosting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heaping vs hopping". 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 #419,853 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.