Which to use
“hinter” is a preposition and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #410
- “hinter” frequency rank
- #11,675
- “hunter” frequency rank
- 12085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hinter | hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in Richtung der Rückseite von etwas entfernt | Jäger |
Letter map: hinter vs hunter
Shared letters muted; letters that set hinter and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. hinter and hunter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for hinter / hunter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hinter is apreposition and hunteranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “hinter” becomes u in “hunter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hinter is recorded at frequency rank #410, classified as aprep, pronounced [ˈhɪntɐ]. 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 12085, this pair ranks #1,966,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hinter vs hunter
Shared letters: ehnrt. Private to "hinter": i. Private to "hunter": u.
"hinter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hinter" and "hunter" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "hinter" or "hunter" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hinter" 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 #1,966,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hinter" 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 #1,966,264 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.