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 |
Letter map: Haus vs hum
Shared letters muted; letters that set Haus and hum apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Haus runs 4 letters (CVVC) against hum's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Haus and hum
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Haus" for "hum" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Haus" or "hum"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Haus" and "hum".
- Full dictionary entry for "Haus" 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 #1,270,276 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Haus" 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 #1,270,276 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.