HackevshaldeTell them apart

Which to use

“Hacke” and “halde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,553
“Hacke” frequency rank
#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
63537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hacke halde
Definition Gartengerät zum Auflockern der Erde Abraumhalde

Letter map: Hacke vs halde

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hacke and halde apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Hacke and halde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Hacke
5 ch
halde

Spelling & dictionary notes on Hacke vs halde

Hacke and halde are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hacke is recorded at frequency rank #23,553, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhakə]. halde is at rank #39,984, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 63537, this pair ranks #673,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Hacke vs halde

Shared letters: aeh. Private to "Hacke": ck. Private to "halde": dl.

"Hacke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "halde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hacke ← ahcke · haccke · hacek · hackke · hakce · hcake · hhacke
  • halde ← ahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hacke" for "halde" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Hacke" or "halde" show up more?
"Hacke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,553 in our German list, against #39,984 for "halde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Hacke" vs "halde" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hacke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "halde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #673,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hacke" and "halde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "halde vs puzzles". 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 #673,293 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list