HürthvshustWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Hürth is a name, hust is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hürth” is a name and “hust” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,191
“Hürth” frequency rank
#17,034
“hust” frequency rank
55225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hürth hust
Definition eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs husten

Letter map: Hürth vs hust

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hürth and hust apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Hürth runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against hust's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Hürth
4 ch
hust

Part-of-speech tell for Hürth / hust

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hürth is aname and hustaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hürth is recorded at frequency rank #38,191, classified as aname, pronounced […]. hust is at rank #17,034, tagged as averb, pronounced [huːst].

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 55225, this pair ranks #987,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hürth vs hust

Shared letters: ht. Private to "Hürth": rü. Private to "hust": su.

"Hürth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "hust" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hust ← hhust · hsut · husst · hustt · huts · uhst

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hürth" and "hust" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hürth" is a name and "hust" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hürth" or "hust" show up more?
"hust" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,034 in our German list, against #38,191 for "Hürth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hürth" and "hust".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hürth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hust" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #987,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hürth" and "hust" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hürth 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 #987,830 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