Which to use
“home” and “Hure” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,746
- “home” frequency rank
- #8,882
- “Hure” frequency rank
- 12628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | home | Hure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Haus, Heim, Wohnung | Frau, die für Geld sexuelle Handlungen vornimmt; Prostituierte |
Where the eye mixes home and Hure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. home and Hure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between home and Hure
A purely visual mix-up. home ([həʊm]) and Hure ([ˈhuːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
home is recorded at frequency rank #3,746, classified as anoun, pronounced [həʊm]. Hure is at rank #8,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhuːʁə].
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 12628, this pair ranks #1,963,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of home vs Hure
Shared letters: eh. Private to "home": mo. Private to "Hure": ru.
"home" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Hure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "home" and "Hure" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "home" or "Hure"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "home" and "Hure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "home" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,963,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "home" and "Hure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haze vs Hure". 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 #1,963,029 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.