Häme vs hum, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#30,120
“Häme” frequency rank: #47,488
“hum” frequency rank: 77608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Häme	hum
Definition	Spott mit starkem Anteil an Schadenfreude; zynische Polemik	männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn

Letter map: Häme vs hum

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

4 ch

Häme

3 ch

hum

Grammar separator: Häme vs hum

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Häme is anoun and humapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77608, 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]. 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 77608, this pair ranks #256,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Häme vs hum

Shared letters: hm. Private to "Häme": eä. Private to "hum": u.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Häme" and "hum" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Häme" is a noun and "hum" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Häme" or "hum"?

"Häme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,120 in our German list, against #47,488 for "hum". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Häme" and "hum".

Full dictionary entry for "Häme" 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 #256,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Häme" and "hum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #256,996 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.