# hej vs hon

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hej
*intj · IPA [haɪ] · frequency rank #48,213*
informelle Grußformel

### hon
*verb · IPA [hoːn] · frequency rank #40,001*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs honen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hej-vs-hon