hungvsHureTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#35,242
“hung” frequency rank
#8,882
“Hure” frequency rank
44124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hung Hure
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang Frau, die für Geld sexuelle Handlungen vornimmt; Prostituierte

Letter map: hung vs Hure

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

4 ch
hung
4 ch
Hure

Grammar separator: hung vs Hure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hung is averb and Hureanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hung is recorded at frequency rank #35,242, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hure is at rank #8,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhuːʁə].

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 44124, this pair ranks #1,396,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hung vs Hure

Shared letters: hu. Private to "hung": gn. Private to "Hure": er.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunghhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng
  • Hurehhure · hrue · huer · hurre · uhre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hung" and "Hure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hung" is a verb and "Hure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hung" vs "Hure" - which ranks higher?
"Hure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,882 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 "hung" and "Hure".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,396,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hung" and "Hure" 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 #1,396,272 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