# Hobbs

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #21,239

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A city in New Mexico, United States.

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

## Easily confused with
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hos)
- **hubs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hubs)
- **hobo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hobo)
- **Homs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-homs)
- **hots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hots)
- **hows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hows)
- **hoss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hoss)
- **hours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hours)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-homes)
- **holds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-holds)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hopes)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-holes)
- **hosts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hosts)
- **how's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-how-s)
- **hobby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hobby)
- **horns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-horns)
- **hooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hooks)
- **hoops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hoops)
- **hubby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hubby)
- **hoods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbs-vs-hoods)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hbobs`, `hhobbs`, `hobbss`, `hobs`, `hobsb`, `ohbbs`

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