huntervstheirWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,675
“hunter” frequency rank
#11,131
“their” frequency rank
22806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hunter their
Definition Jäger ihr

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set hunter and their apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
hunter
5 ch
their

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hunter is anoun and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hunter is recorded at frequency rank #11,675, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, tagged as apron, 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 22806, this pair ranks #1,869,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hunter vs their

Shared letters: ehrt. Private to "hunter": nu. Private to "their": i.

"hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hunterhhunter · hnuter · hunetr · hunnter · hunterr · huntre · huntter · hutner
  • theirhteir · tehir · theirr · theri · thheir · thier · ttheir

Frequency comparison

hunter#11,675
their#11,131

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hunter" and "their" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hunter" is a noun and "their" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hunter" or "their"?
"their" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,131 in our German list, against #11,675 for "hunter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering hunter vs their

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “hunter”; for a pronoun, it's “their”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “hunter” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list