Which to use
“Hinton” is a name and “hints” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,337
- “Hinton” frequency rank
- #8,944
- “hints” frequency rank
- 44281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hinton | hints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia. | plural of hint |
Letter map: Hinton vs hints
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hinton and hints apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - Hinton and hints
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hinton is aname and hintsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hinton is recorded at frequency rank #35,337, classified as aname. hints is at rank #8,944, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɪnts/.
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 44281, this pair ranks #232,081 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Hinton vs hints
Shared letters: hint. Private to "Hinton": o. Private to "hints": s.
"Hinton" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hints" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hinton" for "hints" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Hinton" vs "hints" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Hinton" and "hints".
- Full dictionary entry for "Hinton" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,081 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hinton" and "hints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hinton vs Holton". 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 #232,081 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.