Which to use
“hom” is a pronoun and “Homo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,252
- “hom” frequency rank
- #7,933
- “Homo” frequency rank
- 51185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hom | Homo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Leute, irgendwelche Leute | Homosexueller |
Letter map: hom vs Homo
Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and Homo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hom runs 3 letters (CVC) against Homo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hom and Homo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and Homoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hom” sits inside “Homo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Homo is at rank #7,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhoːmo].
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 51185, this pair ranks #1,145,239 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hom vs Homo
Shared letters: hmo. Private to "hom": -. Private to "Homo": -.
"hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Homo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Homo ← hhomo · hmoo · hommo · hoom · ohmo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hom" for "Homo" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "hom" and "Homo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Homo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,145,239 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hom" and "Homo" 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 #1,145,239 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.