Which to use
“hobbies” and “hobby” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,210
- “hobbies” frequency rank
- #24,999
- “hobby” frequency rank
- 71209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hobbies | hobby |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de hobby. | Occupation préférée, d’importance secondaire par rapport aux activités principales de la vie. |
Same sound, different letters: hobbies vs hobby
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - hobbies and hobby
This is the hard kind. hobbies and hobby are pronounced identically (^((h aspiré))\ɔ.bi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hobbies is recorded at frequency rank #46,210, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.bi\. 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 71209, this pair ranks #48,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hobbies vs hobby
Shared letters: bho. Private to "hobbies": eis. Private to "hobby": y.
"hobbies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "hobby" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hobbies" and "hobby" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hobbies" or "hobby"?
Useful next steps
"hobbies" and "hobby" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "hobbies" 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 #48,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hobbies" 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 #48,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.