Which to use
“Horde” and “Hürden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,614
- “Horde” frequency rank
- #10,493
- “Hürden” frequency rank
- 28107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Horde | Hürden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | organisierte Gruppe von Individuen (meist Säugetieren), welche sich einen Lebensraum teilen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hürde |
Where the eye mixes Horde and Hürden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Horde and Hürden
A purely visual mix-up. Horde ([ˈhɔʁdə]) and Hürden ([ˈhʏʁdn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Horde is recorded at frequency rank #17,614, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔʁdə]. Hürden is at rank #10,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhʏʁdn̩].
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 28107, this pair ranks #1,790,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Horde vs Hürden
Shared letters: dehr. Private to "Horde": o. Private to "Hürden": nü.
"Horde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Hürden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Horde ← hhorde · hodre · hordde · hored · horrde · hrode · ohrde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Horde" and "Hürden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Horde" vs "Hürden" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Horde" and "Hürden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Horde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hürden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,790,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Horde" and "Hürden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hardi vs Horde". 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 #1,790,427 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.