Which to use
“hermès” and “homes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,971
- “hermès” frequency rank
- #36,429
- “homes” frequency rank
- 54400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hermès | homes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pilier portant une tête de Hermès. | Pluriel de home. |
Where the eye mixes hermès and homes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hermès runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against homes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses hermès with homes
A purely visual mix-up. hermès (\ɛʁ.mɛs\) and homes (^((h aspiré))\ɔm\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hermès is recorded at frequency rank #17,971, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛʁ.mɛs\. homes is at rank #36,429, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔm\.
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 54400, this pair ranks #134,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hermès vs homes
Shared letters: ehms. Private to "hermès": rè. Private to "homes": o.
"hermès" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "homes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- homes ← hhomes · hmoes · hoems · homess · homse · ohmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hermès" for "homes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hermès" vs "homes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "hermès" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "homes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hermès" and "homes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homes vs huées". 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 #134,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.