Which to use
“hin” is a noun and “hind” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,985
- “hin” frequency rank
- #47,375
- “hind” frequency rank
- 83360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hin | hind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ancienne mesure égyptienne de capacité pour les liquides. | Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal. |
Letter map: hin vs hind
Shared letters muted; letters that set hin and hind apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hin runs 3 letters (CVC) against hind's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hin / hind
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hin is anoun and hindanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hin” sits inside “hind”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hin is recorded at frequency rank #35,985, classified as anoun. hind is at rank #47,375, tagged as anadj, pronounced \haɪnd\.
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 83360, this pair ranks #14,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hin vs hind
Shared letters: hin. Private to "hin": -. Private to "hind": d.
"hin" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hind ← hhind · hidn · hindd · hinnd · hnid · ihnd
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hin" and "hind" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hin" or "hind"?
What to do next
You've compared "hin" and "hind". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hin" and "hind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hide vs hind". 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 #14,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.