haldevsHildenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
#26,049
“Hilden” frequency rank
66033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halde Hilden
Definition Abraumhalde eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: halde vs Hilden

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

5 ch
halde
6 ch
Hilden

Grammar separator: halde vs Hilden

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: halde is anoun and Hildenaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Hilden is at rank #26,049, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈhɪldn̩].

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 66033, this pair ranks #586,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of halde vs Hilden

Shared letters: dehl. Private to "halde": a. Private to "Hilden": in.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halde ← ahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade
  • Hilden ← hhilden · hidlen · hildden · hildenn · hildne · hiledn · hillden · hliden

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "halde" and "Hilden" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "halde" is a noun and "Hilden" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "halde" or "Hilden" show up more?
"Hilden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,049 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 "halde" vs "Hilden" 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 "Hilden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #586,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halde" and "Hilden" 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 #586,789 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