HüftevshunterTell them apart

Which to use

“Hüfte” and “hunter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,511
“Hüfte” frequency rank
#11,675
“hunter” frequency rank
24186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hüfte hunter
Definition die seitliche Körperpartie unterhalb der Taille auf Höhe des Beckengürtels Jäger

Letter map: Hüfte vs hunter

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hüfte and hunter apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Hüfte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hunter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Hüfte
6 ch
hunter

Spelling & dictionary notes on Hüfte vs hunter

Hüfte and hunter are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hüfte is recorded at frequency rank #12,511, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhʏftə]. 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 24186, this pair ranks #1,851,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hüfte vs hunter

Shared letters: eht. Private to "Hüfte": fü. Private to "hunter": nru.

"Hüfte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunter ← hhunter · hnuter · hunetr · hunnter · hunterr · huntre · huntter · hutner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hüfte" and "hunter" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Hüfte" 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 #12,511 for "Hüfte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hüfte" and "hunter".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hüfte" 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 #1,851,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hüfte" 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 #1,851,182 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