haldevsHolderConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#39,984
“halde” frequency rank
#34,739
“Holder” frequency rank
74723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature halde Holder
Definition Abraumhalde der Holunder

Letter map: halde vs Holder

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

5 ch
halde
6 ch
Holder

Pair insight - halde / Holder

halde and Holder 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 74723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

halde is recorded at frequency rank #39,984, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Holder is at rank #34,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɔldɐ].

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 74723, this pair ranks #326,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of halde vs Holder

Shared letters: dehl. Private to "halde": a. Private to "Holder": or.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halde ← ahlde · hadle · haldde · haled · hallde · hhalde · hlade
  • Holder ← hholder · hloder · hodler · holdder · holderr · holdre · holedr · hollder

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "halde" for "Holder" 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 "Holder" show up more?
"Holder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,739 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "halde" vs "Holder" 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 "Holder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #326,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "halde" and "Holder" 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 #326,041 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