hind

\haɪnd\

/\haɪnd\/ adj

The verdict

“hind” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,375
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hind · hind · French

hind · rank #47,375 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,375
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hilarité

Nearest frequency peer: hilarité (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hind »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hind » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hind vs hip
50% similar
hind vs his
50% similar
hind vs hit
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hind
PropertyValue
Headwordhind
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\haɪnd\
Letters4
Frequency rank#47,375
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hind »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.hindse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hilarité » (#47,374), « hipsters » (#47,376), « hide » (#47,373). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hind » est au #47,375. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around hind (IPA \haɪnd\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,375 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hind, with forms such as "hhind", "hidn", and "hindd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hip", "his", "hit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hind, spelled H-I-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhind
  • hidn
  • hindd
  • hinnd
  • hnid
  • ihnd

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hind - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhind1hidn2hindd1hinnd1hnid2ihnd2
Edit distance from "hind"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hind"?
"hind" is spelled H-I-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \haɪnd\.
What does "hind" mean?
As an adjective, "hind" means: Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal.
What words are commonly confused with "hind"?
"hind" is commonly confused with "hip", "his", "hit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hind"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hind" is \haɪnd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hind" come from?
"hind" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hind", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list