hiervshitsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hier is a adverb, hits is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hier” is an adverb and “hits” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#68
“hier” frequency rank
#7,337
“hits” frequency rank
7405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hier hits
Definition an diesem Ort 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit

Letter map: hier vs hits

Shared letters muted; letters that set hier and hits apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
hier
4 ch
hits

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hier is anadverb and hitsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hier is recorded at frequency rank #68, classified as anadv, pronounced [hiːɐ̯]. hits is at rank #7,337, tagged as averb, 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 7405, this pair ranks #1,988,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hier vs hits

Shared letters: hi. Private to "hier": er. Private to "hits": st.

"hier" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hierheir · hhier · hierr · hire · iher
  • hitshhits · hist · hitss · hitts · ihts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hier" and "hits" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hier" is an adverb and "hits" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hier" or "hits"?
"hier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #68 in our German list, against #7,337 for "hits". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list