hom vs hus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#43,252
“hom” frequency rank: #35,244
“hus” frequency rank: 78496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hom	hus
Definition	die Leute, irgendwelche Leute	Haus

Letter map: hom vs hus

Shared letters muted; letters that set hom and hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

hom

3 ch

hus

Role in the sentence - hom and hus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hom is apronoun and husanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hom is recorded at frequency rank #43,252, classified as apron, pronounced […]. hus is at rank #35,244, tagged as anoun, pronounced [huːˀs].

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 78496, this pair ranks #237,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hom vs hus

Shared letters: h. Private to "hom": mo. Private to "hus": su.

"hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hom" and "hus" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hom" is a pronoun and "hus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "hom" or "hus" show up more?

"hus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,244 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 "hus" 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 "hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #237,076 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hom" and "hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hom vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #237,076 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.