hiddenvshundenConfusable pair

Which to use

“hidden” and “hunden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,852
“hidden” frequency rank
#33,651
“hunden” frequency rank
81503
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hidden hunden
Definition Participio pasado del verbo (to) hide. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de hundir o de hundirse.

Where the eye mixes hidden and hunden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hidden and hunden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
hidden
6 ch
hunden

Look-alike desk: hidden vs hunden

A purely visual mix-up. hidden (/ˈhɪd.ən/) and hunden ([ˈũn̪d̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hidden is recorded at frequency rank #47,852, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈhɪd.ən/. hunden is at rank #33,651, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈũn̪d̪ẽn].

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 81503, this pair ranks #10,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hidden vs hunden

Shared letters: dehn. Private to "hidden": i. Private to "hunden": u.

"hidden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hunden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hidden ← hdiden · hhidden · hiddenn · hiddne · hidedn · hiden · ihdden
  • hunden ← hhunden · hnuden · hudnen · hundden · hundenn · hundne · hunedn · hunnden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hidden" and "hunden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈhɪd.ən/ versus [ˈũn̪d̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "hidden" vs "hunden" - which ranks higher?
"hunden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,651 in our Spanish list, against #47,852 for "hidden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hidden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hunden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hidden" and "hunden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hidden vs hieren". 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 #10,330 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list