hasvshomWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#9,922
“has” frequency rank
#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
53174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature has hom
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs have die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: has vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set has and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
has
3 ch
hom

Part-of-speech tell for has / hom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: has is averb and homapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

has is recorded at frequency rank #9,922, classified as averb, pronounced [hæz]. 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 53174, this pair ranks #1,068,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of has vs hom

Shared letters: h. Private to "has": as. Private to "hom": mo.

"has" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "has" and "hom" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "has" is a verb and "hom" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "has" vs "hom" - which ranks higher?
"has" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,922 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "has" 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 #1,068,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "has" and "hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,068,325 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