hof

noun

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"hof" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hof” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,473) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,473
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hof vs HR
0% similar
hof vs HP
0% similar
hof vs HQ
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hof
PropertyValue
Headwordhof
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#24,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hof” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hof lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for hof is neighbouring look-alikes ("HR", "HP", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #24,473 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Gloss: "An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.".

hof doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HR", "HP", "HQ", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff. The correct English form is hof, spelled H-O-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

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 "hof"?
"hof" is spelled H-O-F.
What does "hof" mean?
As a noun, "hof" means: An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.
What words are commonly confused with "hof"?
"hof" is commonly confused with "HR", "HP", "HQ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "hof"?
Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “hof”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-O-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “HR” - see the side-by-side comparison. hof vs HR
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Words at a similar English frequency

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list