hohemvshomTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#4,278
“hohem” frequency rank
#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
47530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hohem hom
Definition Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hoch die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: hohem vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set hohem and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hohem runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hom's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
hohem
3 ch
hom

Role in the sentence - hohem and hom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hohem is anadjective and homapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hohem is recorded at frequency rank #4,278, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhoːəm]. 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 47530, this pair ranks #1,281,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hohem vs hom

Shared letters: hmo. Private to "hohem": e. Private to "hom": -.

"hohem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hohem ← hhoem · hhohem · hoehm · hohemm · hohhem · hohme · ohhem

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hohem" and "hom" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hohem" is an adjective and "hom" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hohem" vs "hom" - which ranks higher?
"hohem" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,278 in our German list, against #43,252 for "hom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "hohem" vs "hom" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hohem" 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 #1,281,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hohem" and "hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,281,061 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