# hug vs hurt

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hurt
*verb · IPA [huːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #43,976*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs huren

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hug-vs-hurt