# him vs how

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### him
*pronoun · IPA [hɪm] · frequency rank #15,118*
Personalpronomen 3. Person Maskulinum Singular Objektform: ihm, ihn

### how
*adverb · IPA [haʊ] · frequency rank #4,899*
nach der Methode fragend

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/him-vs-how