Which to use
“halde” is a noun and “holde” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,984
- “halde” frequency rank
- #45,352
- “holde” frequency rank
- 85336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | halde | holde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Abraumhalde | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hold |
Letter map: halde vs holde
Shared letters muted; letters that set halde and holde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. halde and holde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: halde vs holde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: halde is anoun and holdeanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “halde” becomes o in “holde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. holde is at rank #45,352, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈhɔldə].
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 85336, this pair ranks #109,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of halde vs holde
Shared letters: dehl. Private to "halde": a. Private to "holde": o.
"halde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "holde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "halde" and "holde" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "halde" or "holde" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "halde" and "holde".
- Full dictionary entry for "halde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "holde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "halde" and "holde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hola vs holde". 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 #109,824 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.