# hump vs hunk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hump
*noun · IPA /hʌmp/ · frequency rank #18,103*
A mound of earth.

### hunk
*noun · IPA /hʌŋk/ · frequency rank #24,788*
A large or dense piece of something.

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