Which to use
“hintere” is an adjective and “hinters” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,861
- “hintere” frequency rank
- #33,112
- “hinters” frequency rank
- 46973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hintere | hinters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter | hinter das |
Where the eye mixes hintere and hinters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. hintere (CVCCVCV) and hinters (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between hintere and hinters
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hintere is [ˈhɪntəʁə] while hinters is [ˈhɪntɐs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “hintere” becomes s in “hinters”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs abbrev), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hintere is recorded at frequency rank #13,861, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɪntəʁə]. hinters is at rank #33,112, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈhɪntɐs].
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 46973, this pair ranks #1,300,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hintere vs hinters
Shared letters: ehinrt. Private to "hintere": -. Private to "hinters": s.
"hintere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "hinters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hintere" and "hinters" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "hintere" or "hinters"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hintere" and "hinters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hintere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hinters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,300,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hintere" and "hinters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hinderte vs hintere". 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 #1,300,567 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.