Which to use
“hom” is a pronoun and “hour” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,252
- “hom” frequency rank
- #18,576
- “hour” frequency rank
- 61828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hom | hour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Leute, irgendwelche Leute | Stunde |
Letter map: hom vs hour
Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and hour apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hom runs 3 letters (CVC) against hour's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hom and hour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and houranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. hour is at rank #18,576, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aʊə(ɹ)].
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 61828, this pair ranks #735,153 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hom vs hour
Shared letters: ho. Private to "hom": m. Private to "hour": ru.
"hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hour ← hhour · horu · hourr · huor · ohur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hom" for "hour" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "hom" or "hour" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hom" and "hour".
- Full dictionary entry for "hom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #735,153 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hom" and "hour" 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 #735,153 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.