Which to use
“hermine” and “Hormone” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,379
- “hermine” frequency rank
- #16,733
- “Hormone” frequency rank
- 41112
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hermine | Hormone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hermelin | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hormon |
Where the eye mixes hermine and Hormone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hermine and Hormone follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses hermine with Hormone
A purely visual mix-up. hermine ([ɛʁ.min]) and Hormone ([hɔʁˈmoːnə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hermine is recorded at frequency rank #24,379, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɛʁ.min]. Hormone is at rank #16,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɔʁˈmoːnə].
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 41112, this pair ranks #1,488,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hermine vs Hormone
Shared letters: ehmnr. Private to "hermine": i. Private to "Hormone": o.
"hermine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "Hormone" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hermine" for "Hormone" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hermine" vs "Hormone" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hermine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hormone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,488,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hermine" and "Hormone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hormone vs Hormonen". 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 #1,488,991 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.