Which to use
“hin” is an adverb and “hoc” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #327
- “hin” frequency rank
- #17,937
- “hoc” frequency rank
- 18264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hin | hoc |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | drückt die Richtung zu einer bestimmten Stelle oder einem Zeitpunkt aus | Nominativ Singular Neutrum des Pronomens hic |
Letter map: hin vs hoc
Shared letters muted; letters that set hin and hoc apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for hin / hoc
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hin is anadverb and hocanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hin is recorded at frequency rank #327, classified as anadv, pronounced [hɪn]. hoc is at rank #17,937, tagged as anunknown, 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 18264, this pair ranks #1,919,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hin vs hoc
Shared letters: h. Private to "hin": in. Private to "hoc": co.
"hin" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hoc" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hin" and "hoc" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hin" or "hoc" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hin" and "hoc".
- Full dictionary entry for "hin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hoc" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,919,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hin" and "hoc" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoc vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,919,883 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.