hitsvsninaTell them apart

Quick tell: hits is a verb, nina is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hits” is a verb and “nina” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,337
“hits” frequency rank
#6,095
“nina” frequency rank
13432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hits nina
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit Nase

Letter map: hits vs nina

Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and nina apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. hits (CVCC) and nina (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hits
4 ch
nina

Grammar separator: hits vs nina

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and ninaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, classified as averb, pronounced […]. nina is at rank #6,095, 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 13432, this pair ranks #1,958,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hits vs nina

Shared letters: i. Private to "hits": hst. Private to "nina": an.

"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "nina" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hits ← hhits · hist · hitss · hitts · ihts
  • nina ← inna · nian · ninna · nnia · nnina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hits" and "nina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hits" is a verb and "nina" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "hits" or "nina" show up more?
"nina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,095 in our German list, against #7,337 for "hits". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "hits" vs "nina" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,958,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hits" and "nina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hits 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 #1,958,030 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