Which to use
“hind” is an adjective and “hits” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,959
- “hind” frequency rank
- #2,254
- “hits” frequency rank
- 17213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hind | hits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). | Alternative form of its. |
Where the eye mixes hind and hits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses hind with hits
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hind is /haɪnd/ while hits is /hɪts/. 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 (adjective vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hind is recorded at frequency rank #14,959, classified as anadj, pronounced /haɪnd/. hits is at rank #2,254, tagged as adet, pronounced /hɪts/.
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 17213, this pair ranks #452,890 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hind vs hits
Shared letters: hi. Private to "hind": dn. Private to "hits": st.
"hind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hind" for "hits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hind" vs "hits" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hind" and "hits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #452,890 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hind" and "hits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "HIIT vs hind". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #452,890 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.