# hemmen vs Hessen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hemmen
*verb · IPA [ˈhɛmən] · frequency rank #34,161*
etwas hindern

### Hessen
*name · IPA [ˈhɛsn̩] · frequency rank #2,029*
Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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