HufevshungWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#34,740
“Hufe” frequency rank
#35,242
“hung” frequency rank
69982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hufe hung
Definition altes Flächenmaß, das etwa sechs bis achtzehn Hektar entspricht Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang

Letter map: Hufe vs hung

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

4 ch
Hufe
4 ch
hung

Role in the sentence - Hufe and hung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hufe is anoun and hungaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hufe is recorded at frequency rank #34,740, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhuːfə]. 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 69982, this pair ranks #460,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hufe vs hung

Shared letters: hu. Private to "Hufe": ef. Private to "hung": gn.

"Hufe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hufehfue · hhufe · huef · huffe · uhfe
  • hunghhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Hufe" and "hung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hufe" is a noun and "hung" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hufe" or "hung" show up more?
"Hufe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,740 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hufe" and "hung".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hufe" 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 #460,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hufe" 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 #460,075 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