homvshortWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
#18,929
“hort” frequency rank
62181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hom hort
Definition die Leute, irgendwelche Leute 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs horten

Letter map: hom vs hort

Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and hort apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hom runs 3 letters (CVC) against hort's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
hom
4 ch
hort

Grammar separator: hom vs hort

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and hortaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. hort is at rank #18,929, tagged as averb, pronounced [hɔʁt].

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 62181, this pair ranks #722,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hom vs hort

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hom": m. Private to "hort": rt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hort ← hhort · horrt · hortt · hotr · hrot · ohrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hom" and "hort" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hom" is a pronoun and "hort" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hom" vs "hort" - which ranks higher?
"hort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,929 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #722,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hom" and "hort" 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 #722,281 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