hartervshunterTell them apart

Quick tell: harter is a adjective, hunter is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“harter” is an adjective and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,928
“harter” frequency rank
#11,675
“hunter” frequency rank
19603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harter hunter
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hart Jäger

Letter map: harter vs hunter

Shared letters muted; letters that set harter and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
harter
6 ch
hunter

Grammar separator: harter vs hunter

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harter is anadjective and hunteranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harter is recorded at frequency rank #7,928, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhaʁtɐ]. hunter is at rank #11,675, tagged as anoun, 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 19603, this pair ranks #1,906,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of harter vs hunter

Shared letters: ehrt. Private to "harter": a. Private to "hunter": nu.

"harter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harterahrter · haretr · harrter · harterr · hartre · hartter · hatrer · hharter
  • hunterhhunter · hnuter · hunetr · hunnter · hunterr · huntre · huntter · hutner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "harter" for "hunter" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "harter" is an adjective and "hunter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "harter" or "hunter" show up more?
"harter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,928 in our German list, against #11,675 for "hunter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "harter" and "hunter". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hunter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,906,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harter" and "hunter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunter 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 #1,906,593 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list