# hit vs Hu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hit
*verb · IPA /hɪt/ · frequency rank #421*
To strike.

### Hu
*name · IPA /hu/ · frequency rank #13,362*
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hit-vs-hu