# Höfe vs hoffen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Höfe
*noun · IPA [ˈhøːfə] · frequency rank #16,734*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hof

### hoffen
*verb · IPA [ˈhɔfn̩] · frequency rank #1,811*
zuversichtlich erwarten, in die Zukunft vertrauen

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