Which to use
“hintere” is an adjective and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,861
- “hintere” frequency rank
- #11,675
- “hunter” frequency rank
- 25536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hintere | hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs hinter | Jäger |
Letter map: hintere vs hunter
Shared letters muted; letters that set hintere and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. hintere runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against hunter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - hintere and hunter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hintere is anadjective and hunteranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25536, 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]. 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 25536, this pair ranks #1,831,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hintere vs hunter
Shared letters: ehnrt. Private to "hintere": i. Private to "hunter": u.
"hintere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hintere" and "hunter" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "hintere" or "hunter" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "hintere" and "hunter". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hintere" 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 #1,831,779 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hintere" 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 #1,831,779 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.