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Which to use

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

#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
#35,821
“hale” frequency rank
75805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halde hale
Definition Abraumhalde Dativ Singular des Substantivs hala

Letter map: halde vs hale

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

5 ch
halde
4 ch
hale

Spelling & dictionary notes on halde vs hale

halde and hale 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hale is at rank #35,821, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɦalɛ].

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 75805, this pair ranks #298,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of halde vs hale

Shared letters: aehl. Private to "halde": d. Private to "hale": -.

"halde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • haldeahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade
  • haleahle · hael · hhale · hlae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "halde" and "hale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "halde" vs "hale" - which ranks higher?
"hale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,821 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

You've compared "halde" and "hale". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "halde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halde" and "hale" 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 #298,990 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