Hohn vs hom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#21,292
“Hohn” frequency rank: #43,252
“hom” frequency rank: 64544
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Hohn	hom
Definition	demütigender, beißender Spott	die Leute, irgendwelche Leute

Letter map: Hohn vs hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hohn and hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

Hohn

3 ch

hom

Role in the sentence - Hohn and hom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hohn is anoun and homapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hohn is recorded at frequency rank #21,292, classified as anoun, pronounced [hoːn]. 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 64544, this pair ranks #637,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hohn vs hom

Shared letters: ho. Private to "Hohn": n. Private to "hom": m.

"Hohn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Hohn ← hhohn · hhon · hohhn · hohnn · honh · ohhn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hohn" and "hom" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hohn" is a noun and "hom" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Hohn" or "hom"?

"Hohn" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,292 in our German list, against #43,252 for "hom". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hohn" and "hom".

Full dictionary entry for "Hohn" 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 #637,697 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Hohn" 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 #637,697 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.