Which to use
“hören” is a verb and “Hosen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #702
- “hören” frequency rank
- #5,089
- “Hosen” frequency rank
- 5791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hören | Hosen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit den Ohren | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hose |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set hören and Hosen apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hören is [ˈhøːʁən] while Hosen is [ˈhoːzn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hören is recorded at frequency rank #702, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhøːʁən]. Hosen is at rank #5,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhoːzn̩].
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 5791, this pair ranks #1,993,714 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hören vs Hosen
Shared letters: ehn. Private to "hören": rö. Private to "Hosen": os.
"hören" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Hosen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hosen ← hhosen · hoesn · hosenn · hosne · hossen · hsoen · ohsen