hintereinander

[hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]

/[hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]/ adv

The verdict

“hintereinander” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,622
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer hinter dem anderen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hintereinander · hintereinander · German

hintereinander · rank #7,622 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,622
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH haltet

Nearest frequency peer: haltet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „hintereinander“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „hintereinander“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hintereinander
PropertyValue
Headwordhintereinander
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#7,622
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hintereinander“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).hintereinanderliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „haltet“ (#7,621), „gewährleisten“ (#7,620), „geweckt“ (#7,619). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „hintereinander“ bei #7,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around hintereinander (IPA [hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #7,622 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for hintereinander, with forms such as "hhintereinander", "hinetreinander", and "hinntereinander". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hintereinander, spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer hinter dem anderen
  2. 2
    zeitlich direkt aufeinander folgend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hintereinander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie liefen hintereinander her.
  2. Er musste an fünf Tagen hintereinander die Nachtschicht übernehmen.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhintereinander
  • hinetreinander
  • hinntereinander
  • hinteerinander
  • hintereiannder
  • hintereinadner
  • hintereinandder
  • hintereinanderr
  • hintereinandre
  • hintereinanedr
  • hintereinannder
  • hintereinnader
  • hintereinnander
  • hintereniander
  • hinterienander
  • hinterreinander
  • hintreeinander
  • hinttereinander
  • hitnereinander
  • hnitereinander
  • ihntereinander

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hintereinander - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhintereinander1hinetreinander2hinntereinander1hinteerinander2hintereiannder2hintereinadner2hintereinandder1hintereinanderr1
Edit distance from "hintereinander"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hintereinander"?
"hintereinander" is spelled H-I-N-T-E-R-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ].
What does "hintereinander" mean?
As an adverb, "hintereinander" means: einer hinter dem anderen
What are common misspellings of "hintereinander"?
Common misspellings include "hhintereinander", "hinetreinander", "hinntereinander", "hinteerinander", "hintereiannder". The correct spelling is "hintereinander".
How do you pronounce "hintereinander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hintereinander" is [hɪntɐʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hintereinander" come from?
"hintereinander" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hintereinander", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list