homevsHTMLWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“home” and “HTML” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,544
“home” frequency rank
#11,593
“HTML” frequency rank
18137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature home HTML
Definition Hombre. Conjunto de estándares, que son derivados de SGML. Utilizado para estructurar e identificar a los elementos de un documento de hipertexto. Es el estándard mas utilizado para formatear y desplegar documentos o páginas en el Internet.

Where the eye mixes home and HTML

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
home
4 ch
HTML

Look-alike desk: home vs HTML

A purely visual mix-up. home ([ˈo.mə]) and HTML ([ˈat͡ʃe t̪e ˈeme ˈele]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

home is recorded at frequency rank #6,544, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈo.mə]. HTML is at rank #11,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈat͡ʃe t̪e ˈeme ˈele].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 18137, this pair ranks #269,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of home vs HTML

Shared letters: hm. Private to "home": eo. Private to "HTML": lt.

"home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "HTML" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • homehhome · hmoe · hoem · ohme
  • HTMLhhtml · hmtl · htlm · htmll · htmml · httml · thml

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "home" and "HTML" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈo.mə] versus [ˈat͡ʃe t̪e ˈeme ˈele]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "home" or "HTML"?
"home" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,544 in our Spanish list, against #11,593 for "HTML". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "home" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "HTML" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #269,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "home" and "HTML" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoi vs home". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #269,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list