hintersvshunterConfusable pair

Quick tell: hinters is a abbrev, hunter is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hinters” is an abbrev and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,112
“hinters” frequency rank
#11,675
“hunter” frequency rank
44787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hinters hunter
Definition hinter das Jäger

Letter map: hinters vs hunter

Shared letters muted; letters that set hinters and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
hinters
6 ch
hunter

Grammar separator: hinters vs hunter

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hinters is anabbrev and hunteranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hinters is recorded at frequency rank #33,112, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈhɪntɐs]. 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 44787, this pair ranks #1,374,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hinters vs hunter

Shared letters: ehnrt. Private to "hinters": is. Private to "hunter": u.

"hinters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hintershhinters · hinetrs · hinnters · hinterrs · hinterss · hintesr · hintres · hintters
  • hunterhhunter · hnuter · hunetr · hunnter · hunterr · huntre · huntter · hutner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hinters" and "hunter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hinters" is an abbrev and "hunter" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hinters" vs "hunter" - which ranks higher?
"hunter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,675 in our German list, against #33,112 for "hinters". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hinters" and "hunter". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hinters" 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 #1,374,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hinters" 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 #1,374,707 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list