Which to use
“hommes” and “homos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #289
- “hommes” frequency rank
- #19,040
- “homos” frequency rank
- 19329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hommes | homos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de homme. | Pluriel de homo. |
Where the eye mixes hommes and homos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hommes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against homos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hommes and homos
A purely visual mix-up. hommes (\ɔm\) and homos (\o.mo\) 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 19329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hommes is recorded at frequency rank #289, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔm\. homos is at rank #19,040, tagged as anoun, pronounced \o.mo\.
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 19329, this pair ranks #373,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hommes vs homos
Shared letters: hmos. Private to "hommes": e. Private to "homos": -.
"hommes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "homos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hommes" and "homos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hommes" or "homos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hommes" and "homos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hommes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "homos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hommes" and "homos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "homos vs houmous". 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 #373,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.