Which to use
“hama” is a noun and “hum” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,666
- “hama” frequency rank
- #47,488
- “hum” frequency rank
- 92154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hama | hum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Eimer, Schüssel | männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn |
Letter map: hama vs hum
Shared letters muted; letters that set hama and hum apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hama runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hum's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hama / hum
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hama is anoun and humapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hama is recorded at frequency rank #44,666, classified as anoun. hum is at rank #47,488, tagged as apron, pronounced […].
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 92154, this pair ranks #32,051 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hama vs hum
Shared letters: hm. Private to "hama": a. Private to "hum": u.
"hama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hama ← ahma · haam · hamma · hhama · hmaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hama" and "hum" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hama" or "hum"?
What to do next
Pair "hama" vs "hum" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,051 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hama" and "hum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum vs puzzles". 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 #32,051 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.