Which to use
“hide” and “Hunde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,219
- “hide” frequency rank
- #2,343
- “Hunde” frequency rank
- 50562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hide | Hunde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Haut eines Tiers | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Hund |
Where the eye mixes hide and Hunde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hide vs Hunde
A purely visual mix-up. hide ([haɪd]) and Hunde ([ˈhʊndə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hide is recorded at frequency rank #48,219, classified as anoun, pronounced [haɪd]. Hunde is at rank #2,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhʊndə].
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 50562, this pair ranks #1,168,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hide vs Hunde
Shared letters: deh. Private to "hide": i. Private to "Hunde": nu.
"hide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Hunde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hide" for "Hunde" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "hide" or "Hunde" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hide" and "Hunde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hunde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,168,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hide" and "Hunde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haze vs hide". 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 #1,168,942 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.