hinunter
[hɪˈnʊntɐ]
The verdict
“hinunter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,390
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Richtung folgend, die tiefer liegt als der momentane Standort; nach unten
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinunter · hinunter · German
hinunter · rank #8,390 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,390
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH heftige
Nearest frequency peer: heftige (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hinunter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- harmlos
harmlos
91,614 corpus weight
- Hauch
Hauch
91,613 corpus weight
- heftige
heftige
91,612 corpus weight
- hinunter
hinunter
91,611 corpus weight
- history
history
91,610 corpus weight
- homosexuell
homosexuell
91,609 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hinunter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hinunter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [hɪˈnʊntɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “hinunter” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around hinunter (IPA [hɪˈnʊntɐ]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #8,390 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einer Richtung folgend, die tiefer liegt als der momentane Standort; nach unten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hinunter, with forms such as "hhinunter", "hinnunter", and "hinnuter". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hunter", "hinter", "hinüber", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hinunter, spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1einer Richtung folgend, die tiefer liegt als der momentane Standort; nach unten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hinunter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wieso hinunter? Ich will jetzt erst mal bis zum Gipfelkreuz hinauf!
Hinunter geht es da im Treppenhaus am Westturm.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhinunter
- hinnunter
- hinnuter
- hinunetr
- hinunnter
- hinunterr
- hinuntre
- hinuntter
- hinutner
- hiunnter
- hniunter
- ihnunter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hinunter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hinunter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "hinunter". Here's where to go from here.
- "hinunter" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hunter". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,390 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.