Which to use
“behind” is an adverb and “beyond” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,635
- “behind” frequency rank
- #21,195
- “beyond” frequency rank
- 45830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | behind | beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | hinten | über … hinaus, jenseits/jenseitig (von) etwas |
Letter map: behind vs beyond
Shared letters muted; letters that set behind and beyond apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: behind vs beyond
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: behind is anadverb and beyondapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
behind is recorded at frequency rank #24,635, classified as anadv, pronounced [bɪˈhaɪnd]. beyond is at rank #21,195, tagged as aprep, pronounced […].
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 45830, this pair ranks #1,339,809 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of behind vs beyond
Shared letters: bden. Private to "behind": hi. Private to "beyond": oy.
"behind" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "beyond" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "behind" and "beyond". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "behind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beyond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,339,809 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "behind" and "beyond" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beyond vs puzzles". 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 #1,339,809 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.