# hose

> English word · Noun · IPA /həʊz/ · frequency rank #10,710

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with West Frisian hoas (“hose”), Dutch hoos (“stocking, water-hose”), German Hose (“trousers”); also, Tocharian A kać (“skin”), Russian кишка́ (kišká, “gut”), Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”), Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “intestine”). More at sky.

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hot)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hue)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hye)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hoy)
- **Hsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hsu)
- **hse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hse)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hus)
- **HTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hts)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hsa)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hsi)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hov)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hour)
- **huge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-huge)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-host)
- **hype** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hype)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hyde)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-howe)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hush)

## Common misspellings (4)
`hhose`, `hoes`, `hosse`, `ohse`

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