Which to use
“hunden” is a verb and “hunter” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,651
- “hunden” frequency rank
- #12,833
- “hunter” frequency rank
- 46484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hunden | hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de hundir o de hundirse. | Cazador. |
Where the eye mixes hunden and hunter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. hunden and hunter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between hunden and hunter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hunden is [ˈũn̪d̪ẽn] while hunter is /ˈhʌntɚ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hunden is recorded at frequency rank #33,651, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈũn̪d̪ẽn]. hunter is at rank #12,833, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhʌntɚ/.
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 46484, this pair ranks #125,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hunden vs hunter
Shared letters: ehnu. Private to "hunden": d. Private to "hunter": rt.
"hunden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "hunter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hunden" for "hunter" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hunden" or "hunter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "hunden" and "hunter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hunden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hunter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hunden" and "hunter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hidden vs hunden". 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 #125,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.