Which to use
“house” and “hush” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,684
- “house” frequency rank
- #34,316
- “hush” frequency rank
- 37000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | house | hush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casa | silêncio |
Where the eye mixes house and hush
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. house runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against hush's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses house with hush
A purely visual mix-up. house (/haʊs/) and hush (/hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/) 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 37000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
house is recorded at frequency rank #2,684, classified as anoun, pronounced /haʊs/. hush is at rank #34,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hʌʃ/, /hʊʃ/.
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 37000, this pair ranks #29,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of house vs hush
Shared letters: hsu. Private to "house": eo. Private to "hush": -.
"house" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "hush" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "house" and "hush" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "house" vs "hush" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "house" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hush" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "house" and "hush" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hui vs hush". 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 #29,697 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.