haldevshalltConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
#42,556
“hallt” frequency rank
82540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halde hallt
Definition Abraumhalde 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hallen

Letter map: halde vs hallt

Shared letters muted; letters that set halde and hallt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. halde (CVCCV) and hallt (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
halde
5 ch
hallt

Role in the sentence - halde and hallt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: halde is anoun and halltaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hallt is at rank #42,556, tagged as averb, pronounced [halt].

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 82540, this pair ranks #155,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of halde vs hallt

Shared letters: ahl. Private to "halde": de. Private to "hallt": t.

"halde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hallt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halde ← ahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade
  • hallt ← ahllt · halltt · haltl · hhallt · hlalt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "halde" and "hallt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "halde" is a noun and "hallt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "halde" vs "hallt" - which ranks higher?
"halde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,984 in our German list, against #42,556 for "hallt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "halde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hallt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halde" and "hallt" 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 #155,403 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