hervsHutWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#477
“her” frequency rank
#3,321
“Hut” frequency rank
3798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature her Hut
Definition Bewegung in Richtung des Sprechenden von einem entfernteren Ort aus an die Kopfform angepasste Kopfbedeckung

Where the eye mixes her and Hut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
her
3 ch
Hut

Visual trap between her and Hut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: her is [heːɐ̯] while Hut is [huːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

her is recorded at frequency rank #477, classified as anadv, pronounced [heːɐ̯]. Hut is at rank #3,321, tagged as anoun, pronounced [huːt].

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 3798, this pair ranks #1,999,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of her vs Hut

Shared letters: h. Private to "her": er. Private to "Hut": tu.

"her" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Hut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "her" for "Hut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "her" is an adverb and "Hut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "her" vs "Hut" - which ranks higher?
"her" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #477 in our German list, against #3,321 for "Hut". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "her" and "Hut" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "her" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,999,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "her" and "Hut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "höh vs Hut". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,999,338 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