http://howjsay.com/index.php?word=him http://howjsay.com/index.php?word=hymn Notice that there's no "n" pronounced at the end of "hymn". These words sound the same.

No, there is no difference. The book of hymns, a hymnal, is pronounced with the m & n sound, like him-nul. The words "hymn" and "him" are homophones.

There is no pronunciation difference between hymn and him in most of America. Some people might say the "n" on the end, but I've never heard it said that way before.

Tangentially... one of the songs in the musical comedy "My Fair Lady" is entitled "A Hymn to Him." It's a pun based on the two words being homophones. (It's Professor Higgin's spoken-song praising the superiority of the male sex, opening with the words "Why can't a woman be more like a man?")

Not the way I pronounce them. Not the way I've ever heard them pronounced. (I'm a U.S. native). "N" isn't pronounced in "hymn," but it is in "hymnal." A hymnal is a book of hymns. In typical U.S. churches, hymnals are provided in the pews so that worshipers can sing along.