# Hume

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hjuːm/ · frequency rank #18,582

## Definitions
1. A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
2. An English, Irish and Scottish surname, a variant of Holme.
3. David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian.
4. A number of places in the United States:
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12. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
13. A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Hume.
14. A region in north-east Victoria, Australia.
15. A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7041).
16. An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.

## Easily confused with
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hut)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hun)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hye)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hur)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hus)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-huw)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hurt)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hung)
- **hype** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hype)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hyde)
- **hymn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hymn)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hush)
- **hump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hump)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-huts)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hunk)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hurd)
- **hurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hurl)
- **Huns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-huns)
- **husk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-husk)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hhume`, `hmue`, `huem`, `humme`, `uhme`

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