humvsHuntWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hum is a pronoun, Hunt is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hum” is a pronoun and “Hunt” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,488
“hum” frequency rank
#12,507
“Hunt” frequency rank
59995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hum Hunt
Definition männliches Personalpronomen der dritten Person Singular im Objektiv(≘ Dativ und Akkusativ): ihm, ihn ein offener kastenförmiger Förderwagen

Letter map: hum vs Hunt

Shared letters muted; letters that set hum and Hunt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
hum
4 ch
Hunt

Grammar separator: hum vs Hunt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hum is apronoun and Huntanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hum is recorded at frequency rank #47,488, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Hunt is at rank #12,507, 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 59995, this pair ranks #803,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hum vs Hunt

Shared letters: hu. Private to "hum": m. Private to "Hunt": nt.

"hum" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Hunt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hunthhunt · hnut · hunnt · huntt · hutn · uhnt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hum" for "Hunt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hum" is a pronoun and "Hunt" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hum" vs "Hunt" - which ranks higher?
"Hunt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,507 in our German list, against #47,488 for "hum". 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 "hum" and "Hunt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hum" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hunt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #803,515 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hum" and "Hunt" 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 #803,515 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