Which to use
“hunger” and “hunters” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,058
- “hunger” frequency rank
- #7,801
- “hunters” frequency rank
- 13859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hunger | hunters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A need or compelling desire for food. | plural of hunter |
Where the eye mixes hunger and hunters
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hunger runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against hunters's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hunger and hunters
A purely visual mix-up. hunger (/ˈhʌŋɡə/) and hunters (/ˈhʌntɚz/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hunger is recorded at frequency rank #6,058, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhʌŋɡə/. hunters is at rank #7,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhʌntɚz/.
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 13859, this pair ranks #473,453 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hunger vs hunters
Shared letters: ehnru. Private to "hunger": g. Private to "hunters": st.
"hunger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hunters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hunger" for "hunters" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hunger" or "hunters"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hunger" and "hunters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hunger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hunters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #473,453 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hunger" and "hunters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hunters vs huntress". 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 #473,453 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.