Which to use
“hill” and “hills” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,603
- “hill” frequency rank
- #3,236
- “hills” frequency rank
- 4839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hill | hills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. | plural of hill |
Where the eye mixes hill and hills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. hill (/hɪl/) and hills (/hɪlz/) 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 extra letter(s) - “hill” sits inside “hills”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hill is recorded at frequency rank #1,603, classified as anoun, pronounced /hɪl/. hills is at rank #3,236, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɪlz/.
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 4839, this pair ranks #517,495 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hill vs hills
Shared letters: hil. Private to "hill": -. Private to "hills": s.
"hill" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC