# Hohn vs hope

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hope
*noun · IPA [həʊp] · frequency rank #11,068*
Hoffnung

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