hinderlin

noun

"hinderlin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hinderlin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of hinderling.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hinderlin · hinderlin · English

hinderlin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for hinderlin
PropertyValue
Headwordhinderlin
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hinderlin” in English

hinderlinsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hinderlin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

hinderlin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is hinderlin, spelled H-I-N-D-E-R-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of hinderling.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of hinderling.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hinderlin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. How say you, my lusty compeers; shall we permit a hinderlin to sit at board with us, and brand us with the name of cowards?
  2. We downa bide the coercion of gude braid-claith about our hinderlans; […]

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hinderlin"?
"hinderlin" is spelled H-I-N-D-E-R-L-I-N.
What does "hinderlin" mean?
As a noun, "hinderlin" means: Alternative spelling of hinderling.
What language does "hinderlin" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list