Which to use
“hind” and “hold” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,375
- “hind” frequency rank
- #16,383
- “hold” frequency rank
- 63758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hind | hold |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arrière, à l’arrière ; le plus souvent d’un animal. | Gracieux. |
Where the eye mixes hind and hold
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. hind and hold follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between hind and hold
A purely visual mix-up. hind (\haɪnd\) and hold (\hɔlt\) 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 63758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hind is recorded at frequency rank #47,375, classified as anadj, pronounced \haɪnd\. hold is at rank #16,383, tagged as anadj, pronounced \hɔlt\.
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 63758, this pair ranks #80,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hind vs hold
Shared letters: dh. Private to "hind": in. Private to "hold": lo.
"hind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "hold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hind" for "hold" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hind" vs "hold" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hold" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hind" and "hold" 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 #80,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.