# home vs how

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### home
*noun · IPA [həʊm] · frequency rank #3,746*
Haus, Heim, Wohnung

### how
*adverb · IPA [haʊ] · frequency rank #4,899*
nach der Methode fragend

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/home-vs-how