Which to use
“Hintern” is a noun and “hinters” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,073
- “Hintern” frequency rank
- #33,112
- “hinters” frequency rank
- 39185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hintern | hinters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | menschlicher Körperteil, auf dem gesessen wird | hinter das |
Where the eye mixes Hintern and hinters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Hintern and hinters follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Hintern vs hinters
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Hintern is [ˈhɪntɐn] while hinters is [ˈhɪntɐs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “Hintern” becomes s in “hinters”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs abbrev), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hintern is recorded at frequency rank #6,073, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɪntɐn]. 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 39185, this pair ranks #1,543,734 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Hintern vs hinters
Shared letters: ehinrt. Private to "Hintern": -. Private to "hinters": s.
"Hintern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "hinters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hintern" for "hinters" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Hintern" or "hinters"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Hintern" and "hinters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hintern" 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 #1,543,734 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hintern" and "hinters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hinterm vs hinters". 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 #1,543,734 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.