# HB vs how

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### HB
*name · frequency rank #18,848*
Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.

### how
*adverb · IPA /haʊ/ · frequency rank #67*
To what degree or extent.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hb-vs-how