hung vs Hunger, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#35,242
“hung” frequency rank: #2,831
“Hunger” frequency rank: 38073
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hung	Hunger
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang	Verlangen nach Essen

Letter map: hung vs Hunger

Shared letters muted; letters that set hung and Hunger apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch

hung

6 ch

Hunger

Grammar separator: hung vs Hunger

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hung is averb and Hungeranoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “hung” sits inside “Hunger”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hung is recorded at frequency rank #35,242, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hunger is at rank #2,831, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhʊŋɐ].

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 38073, this pair ranks #1,573,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hung vs Hunger

Shared letters: ghnu. Private to "hung": -. Private to "Hunger": er.

"hung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Hunger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

hung ← hhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng
Hunger ← hhunger · hnuger · hugner · hunegr · hungerr · hungger · hungre · hunnger

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hung" for "Hunger" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hung" is a verb and "Hunger" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "hung" or "Hunger"?

"Hunger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,831 in our German list, against #35,242 for "hung". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "hung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hunger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,573,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hung" and "Hunger" 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 #1,573,483 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.