# Hodges

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,630

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A hamlet in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.

## Etymology
From Hodge, from the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-homes)
- **hopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-hopes)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-holes)
- **hoses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-hoses)
- **houses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-houses)
- **horses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-horses)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-holmes)
- **hooves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodges-vs-hooves)
- **hedge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedge-vs-hodges)
- **hides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hides-vs-hodges)
- **Hodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-hodges)
- **Hades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hades-vs-hodges)
- **hinges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinges-vs-hodges)
- **hedges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedges-vs-hodges)
- **Hobbes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hodges)
- **Hodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodder-vs-hodges)
- **hedged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedged-vs-hodges)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hdoges`, `hhodges`, `hoddges`, `hodegs`, `hodgess`, `hodgges`, `hodgse`, `hogdes`, `ohdges`

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