Homs

\ɔms\

/\ɔms\/ name

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The verdict

“Homs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,724
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville située à l’ouest de la Syrie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-homs · Homs · French

Homs · rank #33,724 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,724
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hom

Nearest frequency peer: hom (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Homs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Homs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Homs vs Hs
50% similar
Homs vs hop
25% similar
Homs vs hum
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Homs
PropertyValue
HeadwordHoms
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɔms\
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,724
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Homs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Homsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hom » (#33,723), « hollow » (#33,722), « hogan » (#33,721). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Homs » est au #33,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Homs (IPA \ɔms\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,724 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville située à l’ouest de la Syrie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Homs, with forms such as "hhoms", "hmos", and "homms". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Hs", "hop", "hum", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Homs, spelled H-O-M-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville située à l’ouest de la Syrie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Homs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avez-vous vu sur l’Oronte, en venant d’Homs et non loin du village de Restan, les ruines d’un château et d’un monastère ? Certaines cartes les indiquent sous le nom de Qalaat-el-Abidin, la forteresse des Adorateurs !

Synonyms

Émèse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhoms
  • hmos
  • homms
  • homss
  • hosm
  • ohms

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Homs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhoms1hmos2homms1homss1hosm2ohms2
Edit distance from "Homs"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Homs"?
"Homs" is spelled H-O-M-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔms\.
What does "Homs" mean?
As a proper noun, "Homs" means: Ville située à l’ouest de la Syrie.
What words are commonly confused with "Homs"?
"Homs" is commonly confused with "Hs", "hop", "hum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Homs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Homs" is \ɔms\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Homs" come from?
"Homs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Homs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list