# hour vs hug

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hour
*noun · IPA [aʊə(ɹ)] · frequency rank #18,576*
Stunde

### hug
*noun · IPA [hʌɡ] · frequency rank #25,600*
die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hour-vs-hug