Which to use
“hinderte” is a verb and “hintere” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,247
- “hinderte” frequency rank
- #13,861
- “hintere” frequency rank
- 57108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hinderte | hintere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs hindern | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter |
Where the eye mixes hinderte and hintere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. hinderte runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against hintere's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hinderte and hintere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hinderte is [ˈhɪndɐtə] while hintere is [ˈhɪntəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hinderte is recorded at frequency rank #43,247, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈhɪndɐtə]. hintere is at rank #13,861, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɪntəʁə].
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 57108, this pair ranks #914,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hinderte vs hintere
Shared letters: ehinrt. Private to "hinderte": d. Private to "hintere": -.
"hinderte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "hintere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hinderte" for "hintere" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hinderte" or "hintere"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hinderte" and "hintere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hinderte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hintere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #914,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hinderte" and "hintere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hinderte vs Hunderter". 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 #914,149 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.