hervsHureConfusable pair

Quick tell: her is a adverb, Hure is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“her” is an adverb and “Hure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#477
“her” frequency rank
#8,882
“Hure” frequency rank
9359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her Hure
Definition Bewegung in Richtung des Sprechenden von einem entfernteren Ort aus Frau, die für Geld sexuelle Handlungen vornimmt; Prostituierte

Where the eye mixes her and Hure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
her
4 ch
Hure

Why the eye confuses her with Hure

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: her is [heːɐ̯] while Hure is [ˈhuːʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #477, classified as anadv, pronounced [heːɐ̯]. Hure is at rank #8,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhuːʁə].

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 9359, this pair ranks #1,980,327 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of her vs Hure

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "her": -. Private to "Hure": u.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Hure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hurehhure · hrue · huer · hurre · uhre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "her" and "Hure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adverb and "Hure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "her" or "Hure" show up more?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #477 in our German list, against #8,882 for "Hure". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,980,327 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "Hure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haze vs Hure". 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 #1,980,327 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