# Hodge

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɒd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #20,383

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A place name in the United States:
3. A place name in the United States:
4. A place name in the United States:

## Etymology
From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.

## Easily confused with
- **hog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hog)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hoe)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hope)
- **huge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-huge)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hole)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hong)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hose)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hyde)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-howe)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hone)
- **hogg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hogg)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hove)
- **hoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hoke)
- **house** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-house)
- **horse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-horse)
- **homie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-homie)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-horde)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-howie)
- **hough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hough)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hdoge`, `hhodge`, `hoddge`, `hodeg`, `hodgge`, `hogde`, `ohdge`

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