# hip vs hug

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hip
*adjective · IPA [hɪp] · frequency rank #6,934*
in Mode, voll im Trend

### hug
*noun · IPA [hʌɡ] · frequency rank #25,600*
die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden

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