hintenvshunterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: hinten is a adverb, hunter is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
hinten
6 ch
hunter

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

  • hinten ← hhinten · hinetn · hinnten · hintenn · hintne · hintten · hitnen · hniten
  • hunter ← hhunter · hnuter · hunetr · hunnter · hunterr · huntre · huntter · hutner

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hinten" for "hunter" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hinten" is an adverb and "hunter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hinten" vs "hunter" - which ranks higher?
"hinten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,393 in our German list, against #11,675 for "hunter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list