Hobbes
/hɒbz/
"hobbes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hobbes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,496
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hobbes · Hobbes · English
Hobbes · rank #27,496 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,496
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hoa
Nearest frequency peer: hoa (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Hobbes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hideout
hideout
72,508 corpus weight
- hippies
hippies
72,507 corpus weight
- hoa
hoa
72,506 corpus weight
- Hobbes
Hobbes
72,505 corpus weight
- holed
holed
72,504 corpus weight
- honed
honed
72,503 corpus weight
What this shows “Hobbes” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hobbes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /hɒbz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hobbes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hobbes (IPA /hɒbz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,496 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hobbes, with forms such as "hbobes", "hhobbes", and "hobbess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "homes", "hopes", "holes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s. The correct English form is Hobbes, spelled H-O-B-B-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hobbes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Masters and men, according to Mr. Thornton, fatally confront each other in something like Hobbes’s misanthropically imagined state of nature, with nothing but force, or the fear of force in the background […]
The ideological gap between figures like Boehner and antagonists like Ted Cruz is not completely nonexistent; a world in which Boehner had unfettered power would have a radically smaller government, while a Cruz-topia would look more like Hobbes’s state of nature.
Etymology
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hbobes
- hhobbes
- hobbess
- hobbse
- hobebs
- hobes
- ohbbes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hobbes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Hobbes"?
What does "Hobbes" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Hobbes"?
How do you pronounce "Hobbes"?
What is the origin of the word "Hobbes"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hobbes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).