# Homs

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɒms/ · frequency rank #34,921

## Definitions
1. A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
2. A governorate in western Syria.

## Etymology
From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hop)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hon)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hum)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hoo)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hoy)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hos)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hus)
- **HTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hts)
- **hrm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hrm)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hor)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hov)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hope)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hour)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-host)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hong)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hook)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homs-vs-hood)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhoms`, `hmos`, `homms`, `homss`, `hosm`, `ohms`

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