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Which to use

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

#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
#14,822
“Halter” frequency rank
54806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halde Halter
Definition Abraumhalde Vorrichtung, durch die etwas an einem bestimmten Platz gehalten wird, an der etwas angebracht werden kann

Letter map: halde vs Halter

Shared letters muted; letters that set halde and Halter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. halde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Halter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
halde
6 ch
Halter

Corpus notes: halde and Halter

halde and Halter 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 54806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Halter is at rank #14,822, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhaltɐ].

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 54806, this pair ranks #1,004,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of halde vs Halter

Shared letters: aehl. Private to "halde": d. Private to "Halter": rt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halde ← ahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade
  • Halter ← ahlter · haletr · hallter · halterr · haltre · haltter · hatler · hhalter

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "halde" for "Halter" ever safe?
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.
In ordinary German text, does "halde" or "Halter" show up more?
"Halter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,822 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 "halde" vs "Halter" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "halde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Halter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,004,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halde" and "Halter" 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 #1,004,263 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