Which to use
“hinter” is a preposition and “Hipster” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #410
- “hinter” frequency rank
- #15,119
- “Hipster” frequency rank
- 15529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hinter | Hipster |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in Richtung der Rückseite von etwas entfernt | eine Person, die Jazz liebt und aktiv in der Szene mitspielt |
Where the eye mixes hinter and Hipster
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hinter vs Hipster
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hinter is [ˈhɪntɐ] while Hipster is [ˈhɪpstɐ]. 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 (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hinter is recorded at frequency rank #410, classified as aprep, pronounced [ˈhɪntɐ]. Hipster is at rank #15,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɪpstɐ].
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 15529, this pair ranks #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hinter vs Hipster
Shared letters: ehirt. Private to "hinter": n. Private to "Hipster": ps.
"hinter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Hipster" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hinter" for "Hipster" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hinter" or "Hipster"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hinter" and "Hipster" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hinter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hipster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hinter" and "Hipster" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "higher vs hinter". 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 #1,943,143 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.