HämevshomWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Häme is a noun, hom is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Häme” is a noun and “hom” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,120
“Häme” frequency rank
#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
73372
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Häme hom
Definition Spott mit starkem Anteil an Schadenfreude; zynische Polemik die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: Häme vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set Häme and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Häme
3 ch
hom

Part-of-speech tell for Häme / hom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Häme is anoun and homapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Häme is recorded at frequency rank #30,120, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɛːmə]. hom is at rank #43,252, 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 73372, this pair ranks #362,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Häme vs hom

Shared letters: hm. Private to "Häme": . Private to "hom": o.

"Häme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Häme" and "hom" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Häme" is a noun and "hom" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Häme" vs "hom" - which ranks higher?
"Häme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,120 in our German list, against #43,252 for "hom". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Häme" vs "hom" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Häme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #362,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Häme" and "hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #362,197 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list