Which to use
“Hopfen” is a noun and “hüpfen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,988
- “Hopfen” frequency rank
- #20,620
- “hüpfen” frequency rank
- 44608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hopfen | hüpfen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der echte Hopfen, eine 5 m hohe Kletterpflanze, dient als Bitterstoff-Erzeuger in der Bierbrauerei | kleine Sprünge machen, mit kleinen Sprüngen laufen |
Where the eye mixes Hopfen and hüpfen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Hopfen and hüpfen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Hopfen vs hüpfen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Hopfen is [ˈhɔp͡fn̩] while hüpfen is [ˈhʏp͡fn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - o in “Hopfen” becomes ü in “hüpfen”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hopfen is recorded at frequency rank #23,988, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔp͡fn̩]. hüpfen is at rank #20,620, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhʏp͡fn̩].
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 44608, this pair ranks #1,380,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hopfen vs hüpfen
Shared letters: efhnp. Private to "Hopfen": o. Private to "hüpfen": ü.
"Hopfen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hüpfen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hopfen ← hhopfen · hofpen · hopefn · hopfenn · hopffen · hopfne · hoppfen · hpofen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Hopfen" and "hüpfen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Hopfen" or "hüpfen" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hopfen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hüpfen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,380,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hopfen" and "hüpfen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hunnen vs hüpfen". 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 #1,380,657 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.