hipvshumWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hip is a adjective, hum is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hip” is an adjective and “hum” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,934
“hip” frequency rank
#47,488
“hum” frequency rank
54422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hip hum
Definition in Mode, voll im Trend männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn

Letter map: hip vs hum

Shared letters muted; letters that set hip and hum apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
hip
3 ch
hum

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hip is anadjective and humapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hip is recorded at frequency rank #6,934, classified as anadj, pronounced [hɪp]. 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 54422, this pair ranks #1,019,560 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hip vs hum

Shared letters: h. Private to "hip": ip. Private to "hum": mu.

"hip" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hip" and "hum" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hip" is an adjective and "hum" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hip" or "hum"?
"hip" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,934 in our German list, against #47,488 for "hum". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list