hindertvshinfortWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hindert is a verb, hinfort is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#13,860
“hindert” frequency rank
#43,963
“hinfort” frequency rank
57823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hindert hinfort
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hindern vom jetzigen Zeitpunkt an ab dem Zeitpunkt, auf den sich bezogen wird

Where the eye mixes hindert and hinfort

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hindert and hinfort follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
hindert
7 ch
hinfort

Visual trap between hindert and hinfort

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hindert is [ˈhɪndɐt] while hinfort is [ˌhɪnˈfɔʁt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hindert is recorded at frequency rank #13,860, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪndɐt]. hinfort is at rank #43,963, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˌhɪnˈfɔʁt].

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 57823, this pair ranks #886,411 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hindert vs hinfort

Shared letters: hinrt. Private to "hindert": de. Private to "hinfort": fo.

"hindert" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "hinfort" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hindert ← hhindert · hidnert · hinddert · hinderrt · hindertt · hindetr · hindret · hinedrt
  • hinfort ← hhinfort · hifnort · hinffort · hinforrt · hinfortt · hinfotr · hinfrot · hinnfort

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hindert" for "hinfort" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hindert" is a verb and "hinfort" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hindert" or "hinfort"?
"hindert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,860 in our German list, against #43,963 for "hinfort". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "hindert" and "hinfort" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hindert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hinfort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #886,411 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hindert" and "hinfort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hindert vs hinderte". 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 #886,411 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