Which to use
“hurts” is a verb and “Hus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,309
- “hurts” frequency rank
- #42,702
- “Hus” frequency rank
- 47011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hurts | Hus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of hurt | A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer. |
Letter map: hurts vs Hus
Shared letters muted; letters that set hurts and Hus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for hurts / Hus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hurts is averb and Husaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hurts is recorded at frequency rank #4,309, classified as averb, pronounced /hɜːts/. Hus is at rank #42,702, tagged as aname.
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 47011, this pair ranks #206,397 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hurts vs Hus
Shared letters: hsu. Private to "hurts": rt. Private to "Hus": -.
"hurts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hurts ← hhurts · hruts · hurrts · hurtss · hurtts · hutrs · uhrts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hurts" for "Hus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hurts" vs "Hus" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hurts" and "Hus".
- Full dictionary entry for "hurts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,397 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hurts" and "Hus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". 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 #206,397 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.