Which to use
“homme” and “house” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,957
- “homme” frequency rank
- #4,909
- “house” frequency rank
- 46866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homme | house |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hombre. | Casa. |
Where the eye mixes homme and house
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses homme with house
A purely visual mix-up. homme ([ɔm]) and house (/haʊs/) 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 46866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homme is recorded at frequency rank #41,957, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɔm]. house is at rank #4,909, tagged as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/.
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 46866, this pair ranks #123,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of homme vs house
Shared letters: eho. Private to "homme": m. Private to "house": su.
"homme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "homme" and "house" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "homme" or "house"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "homme" and "house" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "homme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "house" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homme" and "house" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homme vs hume". 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 #123,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.