him vs hom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“him” and “hom” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,118
“him” frequency rank: #43,252
“hom” frequency rank: 58370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	him	hom
Definition	Personalpronomen 3. Person Maskulinum Singular Objektform: ihm, ihn	die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: him vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set him and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

him

3 ch

hom

Pair insight - him / hom

him and hom are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - i in “him” becomes o in “hom”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

him is recorded at frequency rank #15,118, classified as apron, pronounced [hɪm]. hom is at rank #43,252, 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 58370, this pair ranks #865,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of him vs hom

Shared letters: hm. Private to "him": i. Private to "hom": o.

"him" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "him" and "hom" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by a single letter - i in “him” becomes o in “hom”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "him" vs "hom" - which ranks higher?

"him" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,118 in our German list, against #43,252 for "hom". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "him" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "hom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #865,408 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"him" and "hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #865,408 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.