Which to use
“hill” is a noun and “hind” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,603
- “hill” frequency rank
- #14,959
- “hind” frequency rank
- 16562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hill | hind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. | Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). |
Where the eye mixes hill and hind
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hill is /hɪl/ while hind is /haɪnd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16562, 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/. hind is at rank #14,959, tagged as anadj, pronounced /haɪnd/.
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 16562, this pair ranks #456,981 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hill vs hind
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hill": l. Private to "hind": dn.
"hill" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC