HubvshungWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Hub is a noun, hung is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hub” is a noun and “hung” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,394
“Hub” frequency rank
#35,242
“hung” frequency rank
50636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hub hung
Definition Vorgang des Hebens Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang

Letter map: Hub vs hung

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hub and hung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Hub
4 ch
hung

Role in the sentence - Hub and hung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hub is anoun and hungaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hub is recorded at frequency rank #15,394, classified as anoun, pronounced [huːp]. hung is at rank #35,242, tagged as averb, 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 50636, this pair ranks #1,166,234 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hub vs hung

Shared letters: hu. Private to "Hub": b. Private to "hung": gn.

"Hub" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "hung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunghhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hub" for "hung" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hub" is a noun and "hung" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Hub" or "hung"?
"Hub" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,394 in our German list, against #35,242 for "hung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Hub" vs "hung" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hub" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,166,234 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hub" and "hung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hung 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 #1,166,234 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