Hosea
/ˌhoʊˈziːə/
"hosea" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hosea” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,807
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hosea · Hosea · English
Hosea · rank #48,807 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,807
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Horvath
Nearest frequency peer: Horvath (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Hosea”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hocus
hocus
51,197 corpus weight
- Hollins
Hollins
51,196 corpus weight
- Horvath
Horvath
51,195 corpus weight
- Hosea
Hosea
51,194 corpus weight
- hsien
hsien
51,193 corpus weight
- hymen
hymen
51,192 corpus weight
What this shows “Hosea” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hosea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌhoʊˈziːə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,807 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Hosea”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Hosea (IPA /ˌhoʊˈziːə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,807 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hosea, with forms such as "hhosea", "hoesa", and "hosae". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hse", "HSA", "host", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). The correct English form is Hosea, spelled H-O-S-E-A.
Definition
- 1A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
- 2A prophet.
- 3A male given name from Hebrew.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hosea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
Etymology
From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhosea
- hoesa
- hosae
- hossea
- hsoea
- ohsea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hosea - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hosea", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).