The words hoes, hose sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do hoes, hose sound the same even though they are completely different words?
The answer is simple: hoes, hose are homophones of the English language.
Plural form of hoe.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoe.
Stockings; socks. Used only in the plural.
Close-fitting breeches or leggings reaching up to the hips and fastened to a doublet, formerly worn by men. Used only in the plural.
Breeches reaching down to the knees. Used only in the plural.
A flexible tube for conveying liquids or gases under pressure.
Definitions from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition and Wordnik.
Homophones (literally "same sound") are usually defined as words that share the same pronunciation, regardless of how they are spelled.
If they are spelled the same then they are also homographs (and homonyms); if they are spelled differently then they are also heterographs (literally "different writing").