# hinder

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhɪndə/ · frequency rank #17,382

## Definitions
1. To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
2. To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
3. To cause harm.

## Etymology
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hindu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hindu)
- **Hindi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hindi)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinge)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hines)
- **hunter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hunter)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-holder)
- **Hitler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hitler)
- **hunger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hunger)
- **hitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hitter)
- **hinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinted)
- **hinges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinges)
- **hinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinged)
- **hither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hither)
- **Hodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hodder)
- **Hinders** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinders)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hide-vs-hinder)
- **hind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hind-vs-hinder)
- **hides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hides-vs-hinder)
- **hiker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiker-vs-hinder)
- **Hideo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hideo-vs-hinder)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhinder`, `hidner`, `hindder`, `hinderr`, `hindre`, `hinedr`, `hinnder`, `hnider`, `ihnder`

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