HisvshomWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: His is a noun, hom is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“His” is a noun and “hom” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,079
“His” frequency rank
#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
51331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature His hom
Definition Ton mit 264 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton erhöhtes H die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: His vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set His and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
His
3 ch
hom

Role in the sentence - His and hom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: His is anoun and homapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

His is recorded at frequency rank #8,079, classified as anoun, pronounced [hɪs]. 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 51331, this pair ranks #1,139,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of His vs hom

Shared letters: h. Private to "His": is. Private to "hom": mo.

"His" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "His" and "hom" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "His" is a noun and "hom" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "His" or "hom" show up more?
"His" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,079 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "His" and "hom".

  • Full dictionary entry for "His" 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 #1,139,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "His" and "hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,139,564 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list