# HIV vs hom

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### HIV
*abbrev · IPA [ˌhaːʔiːˈfaʊ̯] · frequency rank #10,490*
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, zu deutsch Menschliches Immun-Schwäche-Virus

### hom
*pronoun · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,252*
die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hiv-vs-hom