Which to use
“hum” is a pronoun and “Hund” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,488
- “hum” frequency rank
- #1,184
- “Hund” frequency rank
- 48672
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hum | Hund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn | Haustier, dessen Vorfahre der Wolf ist |
Letter map: hum vs Hund
Shared letters muted; letters that set hum and Hund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for hum / Hund
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hum is apronoun and Hundanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hum is recorded at frequency rank #47,488, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Hund is at rank #1,184, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hʊnt].
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 48672, this pair ranks #1,239,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hum vs Hund
Shared letters: hu. Private to "hum": m. Private to "Hund": dn.
"hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Hund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Hund ← hhund · hnud · hudn · hundd · hunnd · uhnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hum" and "Hund" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "hum" vs "Hund" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hum" and "Hund".
- Full dictionary entry for "hum" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,239,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hum" and "Hund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hum 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 #1,239,910 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.