# hoff vs hom

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hoff
*verb · IPA [hɔf] · frequency rank #13,863*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hoffen

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

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