# hitched vs hither

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hitched
*verb · IPA /hɪt͡ʃt/ · frequency rank #33,675*
simple past and past participle of hitch

### hither
*adverb · IPA /ˈhɪðə/ · frequency rank #37,489*
To this place, to here.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitched-vs-hither