Which to use
“hinten” is an adverb and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,393
- “hinten” frequency rank
- #11,675
- “hunter” frequency rank
- 13068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hinten | hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | den Ort, die Richtung betreffend auf der abgewandten, nicht einsehbaren Seite, rückwärtig, rückseitig; der Ort, die Richtung, die die Gegenseite des Gesichts, den Hinterkopf beim menschlichen Körper angibt | Jäger |
Letter map: hinten vs hunter
Shared letters muted; letters that set hinten and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hinten and hunter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - hinten and hunter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hinten is anadverb and hunteranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hinten is recorded at frequency rank #1,393, classified as anadv, pronounced [ˈhɪntn̩]. 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 13068, this pair ranks #1,960,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hinten vs hunter
Shared letters: ehnt. Private to "hinten": i. Private to "hunter": ru.
"hinten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hinten" for "hunter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hinten" vs "hunter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "hinten" vs "hunter" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hinten" 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 #1,960,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hinten" 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 #1,960,313 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.