Which to use
“heut” is an adverb and “hum” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,604
- “heut” frequency rank
- #47,488
- “hum” frequency rank
- 53092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heut | hum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | an diesem Tage | männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn |
Letter map: heut vs hum
Shared letters muted; letters that set heut and hum apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. heut runs 4 letters (CVVC) against hum's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - heut and hum
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: heut is anadverb and humapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heut is recorded at frequency rank #5,604, classified as anadv, pronounced [hɔɪ̯t]. hum is at rank #47,488, tagged as apron, pronounced […].
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 53092, this pair ranks #1,071,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heut vs hum
Shared letters: hu. Private to "heut": et. Private to "hum": m.
"heut" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- heut ← ehut · hetu · heutt · hheut · huet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "heut" and "hum" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "heut" or "hum" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "heut" and "hum".
- Full dictionary entry for "heut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,071,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heut" and "hum" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum vs puzzles". 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 #1,071,422 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.