hotsvsHusTell them apart

Quick tell: hots is a noun, Hus is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hots” is a noun and “Hus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,029
“hots” frequency rank
#42,702
“Hus” frequency rank
79731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hots Hus
Definition A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.

Letter map: hots vs Hus

Shared letters muted; letters that set hots and Hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hots
3 ch
Hus

Part-of-speech tell for hots / Hus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hots is anoun and Husaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hots is recorded at frequency rank #37,029, classified as anoun. Hus is at rank #42,702, tagged as aname.

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 79731, this pair ranks #21,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hots vs Hus

Shared letters: hs. Private to "hots": ot. Private to "Hus": u.

"hots" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hotshhots · hotts · htos · ohts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hots" and "Hus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hots" is a noun and "Hus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hots" vs "Hus" - which ranks higher?
"hots" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,029 in our English list, against #42,702 for "Hus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hots" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,389 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hots" and "Hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". 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 #21,389 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