hörevsHoyaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: höre is a verb, Hoya is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“höre” is a verb and “Hoya” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,115
“höre” frequency rank
#46,739
“Hoya” frequency rank
48854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature höre Hoya
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hören eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Letter map: höre vs Hoya

Shared letters muted; letters that set höre and Hoya apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. höre (CVCV) and Hoya (CVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
höre
4 ch
Hoya

Role in the sentence - höre and Hoya

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: höre is averb and Hoyaaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

höre is recorded at frequency rank #2,115, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhøːʁə]. Hoya is at rank #46,739, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 48854, this pair ranks #1,233,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of höre vs Hoya

Shared letters: h. Private to "höre": erö. Private to "Hoya": aoy.

"höre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Hoya" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hoya ← hhoya · hoay · hoyya · hyoa · ohya

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "höre" and "Hoya" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "höre" is a verb and "Hoya" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "höre" vs "Hoya" - which ranks higher?
"höre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,115 in our German list, against #46,739 for "Hoya". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "höre" vs "Hoya" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "höre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hoya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,233,124 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "höre" and "Hoya" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hoya 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 #1,233,124 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