Haus vs hum, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#346
“Haus” frequency rank: #47,488
“hum” frequency rank: 47834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Haus	hum
Definition	zu einem bestimmten Zweck erbautes Gebäude	männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set Haus and hum apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

Haus

3 ch

hum

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Haus is anoun and humapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Haus is recorded at frequency rank #346, classified as anoun, pronounced [haʊ̯s]. 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 47834, this pair ranks #1,270,276 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Haus vs hum

Shared letters: hu. Private to "Haus": as. Private to "hum": m.

"Haus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Haus ← ahus · hasu · hauss · hhaus · huas

Frequency comparison

Haus#346

hum#47,488

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Haus" and "hum" be used interchangeably?

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

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

"Haus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #346 in our German list, against #47,488 for "hum". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering Haus vs hum

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “Haus”; for a pronoun, it's “hum”.
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