HohnvshoppWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Hohn is a noun, hopp is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,292
“Hohn” frequency rank
#15,656
“hopp” frequency rank
36948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hohn hopp
Definition demütigender, beißender Spott in einer zügigen Art und Weise, oft mit fehlender Sorgfalt

Letter map: Hohn vs hopp

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

4 ch
Hohn
4 ch
hopp

Part-of-speech tell for Hohn / hopp

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hohn is anoun and hoppanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36948, 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]. hopp is at rank #15,656, tagged as anadv, 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 36948, this pair ranks #1,602,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hohn vs hopp

Shared letters: ho. Private to "Hohn": n. Private to "hopp": p.

"Hohn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hopp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hohnhhohn · hhon · hohhn · hohnn · honh · ohhn
  • hopphhopp · hop · hpop · ohpp

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hohn" and "hopp" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hohn" is a noun and "hopp" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hohn" or "hopp" show up more?
"hopp" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,656 in our German list, against #21,292 for "Hohn". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Hohn" vs "hopp" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hohn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hopp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,602,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hohn" and "hopp" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hähne vs Hohn". 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 #1,602,607 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