hoses
/ˈhəʊzɪz/
"hoses" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hoses” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,312. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,312
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of hose
Corpus desk
Index EN-hoses · hoses · English
hoses · rank #29,312 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,312
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hoot
Nearest frequency peer: hoot (-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 “hoses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hippocampus
hippocampus
70,692 corpus weight
- hoon
hoon
70,691 corpus weight
- hoot
hoot
70,690 corpus weight
- hoses
hoses
70,689 corpus weight
- humanism
humanism
70,687 corpus weight
- incarnate
incarnate
70,685 corpus weight
What this shows “hoses” 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 | hoses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhəʊzɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hoses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around hoses (IPA /ˈhəʊzɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,312 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of hose".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hoses, with forms such as "hhoses", "hoess", and "hosess". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hse", "host", "Howe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is hoses, spelled H-O-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of hose
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhoses
- hoess
- hosess
- hosses
- ohses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hoses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "hoses", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).