homvsHTMLTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#43,252
“hom” frequency rank
#6,546
“HTML” frequency rank
49798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hom HTML
Definition die Leute, irgendwelche Leute Abkürzung für die Formatierungssprache Hypertext Markup Language

Letter map: hom vs HTML

Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and HTML apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hom
4 ch
HTML

Role in the sentence - hom and HTML

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and HTMLanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. HTML is at rank #6,546, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˌhaːteːʔɛmˈʔɛl].

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 49798, this pair ranks #1,198,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hom vs HTML

Shared letters: hm. Private to "hom": o. Private to "HTML": lt.

"hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "HTML" · 4 letters · shape CCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • HTMLhhtml · hmtl · htlm · htmll · htmml · httml · thml

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hom" and "HTML" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hom" is a pronoun and "HTML" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hom" vs "HTML" - which ranks higher?
"HTML" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,546 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "hom" vs "HTML" 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 "HTML" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,198,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hom" and "HTML" 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 #1,198,021 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