halbesvshaldeConfusable pair

Quick tell: halbes is a adjective, halde is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“halbes” is an adjective and “halde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,993
“halbes” frequency rank
#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
44977
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halbes halde
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs halb Abraumhalde

Letter map: halbes vs halde

Shared letters muted; letters that set halbes and halde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
halbes
5 ch
halde

Grammar separator: halbes vs halde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: halbes is anadjective and haldeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halbes is recorded at frequency rank #4,993, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈhalbəs]. 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 44977, this pair ranks #1,368,504 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of halbes vs halde

Shared letters: aehl. Private to "halbes": bs. Private to "halde": d.

"halbes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "halde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halbesahlbes · hables · halbbes · halbess · halbse · halebs · hallbes · hhalbes
  • haldeahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "halbes" for "halde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "halbes" is an adjective and "halde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "halbes" vs "halde" - which ranks higher?
"halbes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,993 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "halbes" 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 #1,368,504 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halbes" 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 #1,368,504 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