hose
/hoʊz/noun, verb
hose is spelled H-O-S-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hose means “A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hose is hoses or hosen.
How many letters and syllables are in hose?
| Letters | 4: H-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hose?
Hose appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hose?
- UK /həʊz/
- US /hoʊz/
Hose has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hose?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hose from its last stressed vowel (/oʊz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shoe.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hose
- hoses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hosen plural
- hosing participle, present
- hosed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
- 2
A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights.
- 3
Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee.
verb
- 1
To water or spray with a hose.
- 2
To spray as if with a hose; to spray in great quantity.
- 3
To deliver using a hose.
- 4
To provide with hose (garment)
- 5
To trick or deceive.
- 6
slangTo break or destroy (a system), especially by wiping files or other content.
- 7
To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tuyau |
| German | Schlauch , jemanden angreifen und töten |
| Portuguese | mangueira, borracha |
| Spanish | manguera , lavar con manguera |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hose come from?
From Middle English hose (“leggings, hose”), from Old English hose, hosa (“hose, leggings”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“coverings, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).