Which to use
“family” is a noun and “Hilda” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #44,686
- “Hilda” frequency rank
- 52445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | Hilda |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | weiblicher Vorname |
Letter map: family vs Hilda
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and Hilda apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Hilda's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - family and Hilda
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: family is anoun and Hildaaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Hilda is at rank #44,686, tagged as aname, 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 52445, this pair ranks #1,096,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of family vs Hilda
Shared letters: ail. Private to "family": fmy. Private to "Hilda": dh.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Hilda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "Hilda" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "family" or "Hilda" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "family" vs "Hilda" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hilda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,096,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "Hilda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hilda 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 #1,096,684 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.