# hoben vs Hohn

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hoben
*verb · IPA [ˈhoːbn̩] · frequency rank #31,101*
1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs heben

### Hohn
*noun · IPA [hoːn] · frequency rank #21,292*
demütigender, beißender Spott

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