huchvshungWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#18,285
“huch” frequency rank
#35,242
“hung” frequency rank
53527
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature huch hung
Definition Ausruf der Überraschung, wird heute als geziert oder weniger veraltet empfunden Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang

Letter map: huch vs hung

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

4 ch
huch
4 ch
hung

Grammar separator: huch vs hung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: huch is anintj and hungaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

huch is recorded at frequency rank #18,285, classified as anintj, pronounced [hʊx]. 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 53527, this pair ranks #1,054,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of huch vs hung

Shared letters: hu. Private to "huch": c. Private to "hung": gn.

"huch" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • huchhcuh · hhuch · hucch · huchh · huhc · uhch
  • hunghhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "huch" and "hung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "huch" is an intj and "hung" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "huch" or "hung" show up more?
"huch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,285 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

You've compared "huch" and "hung". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "huch" 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 #1,054,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "huch" 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 #1,054,492 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