hungvsHüteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#35,242
“hung” frequency rank
#17,618
“Hüte” frequency rank
52860
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hung Hüte
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs hang Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hut

Letter map: hung vs Hüte

Shared letters muted; letters that set hung and Hüte apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
hung
4 ch
Hüte

Grammar separator: hung vs Hüte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hung is averb and Hüteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hung is recorded at frequency rank #35,242, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hüte is at rank #17,618, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhyːtə].

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 52860, this pair ranks #1,080,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hung vs Hüte

Shared letters: h. Private to "hung": gnu. Private to "Hüte": etü.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunghhung · hnug · hugn · hungg · hunng · uhng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hung" and "Hüte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hung" is a verb and "Hüte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "hung" or "Hüte" show up more?
"Hüte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,618 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.

What to do next

You've compared "hung" and "Hüte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hüte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,080,477 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hung" and "Hüte" 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 #1,080,477 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