# hm vs how

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### hm
*intj · IPA \m\ · frequency rank #16,903*
Variante de hem et hmm.

### how
*adverb · IPA \ˈhaʊ\ · frequency rank #10,887*
Comment, de quelle manière.

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