Which to use
“Hobbes” is a name and “hobby” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,991
- “Hobbes” frequency rank
- #24,999
- “hobby” frequency rank
- 56990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hobbes | hobby |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Occupation préférée, d’importance secondaire par rapport aux activités principales de la vie. |
Letter map: Hobbes vs hobby
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hobbes and hobby apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Hobbes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against hobby's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Hobbes / hobby
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hobbes is aname and hobbyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hobbes is recorded at frequency rank #31,991, classified as aname. hobby is at rank #24,999, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.bi\.
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 56990, this pair ranks #117,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hobbes vs hobby
Shared letters: bho. Private to "Hobbes": es. Private to "hobby": y.
"Hobbes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hobby" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Hobbes" and "hobby" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Hobbes" or "hobby"?
What to do next
Pair "Hobbes" vs "hobby" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hobbes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hobby" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hobbes" and "hobby" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hobbes vs hobbies". 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 #117,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.