# Hobbes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɒbz/ · frequency rank #27,496

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-homes)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hopes)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-holes)
- **hobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hobby)
- **Hobbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hobbs)
- **hoses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hoses)
- **houses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-houses)
- **horses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-horses)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-holmes)
- **hobbit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hobbit)
- **Hodges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hodges)
- **hooves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hooves)
- **hotbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hotbed)
- **hobbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hobbled)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hbobes`, `hhobbes`, `hobbess`, `hobbse`, `hobebs`, `hobes`, `ohbbes`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hobbes