Hälfte vs Hälften, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#905
“Hälfte” frequency rank: #27,775
“Hälften” frequency rank: 28680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Hälfte	Hälften
Definition	einer von zwei gleich großen Anteilen	Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hälfte

Where the eye mixes Hälfte and Hälften

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch

Hälfte

7 ch

Hälften

Look-alike desk: Hälfte vs Hälften

A purely visual mix-up. Hälfte ([ˈhɛlftə]) and Hälften ([ˈhɛlftn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Hälfte” sits inside “Hälften”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hälfte is recorded at frequency rank #905, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɛlftə]. Hälften is at rank #27,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhɛlftn̩].

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 28680, this pair ranks #1,780,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Hälfte vs Hälften

Shared letters: efhltä. Private to "Hälfte": -. Private to "Hälften": n.

"Hälfte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Hälften" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Hälfte" for "Hälften" ever safe?

No. They are said differently ([ˈhɛlftə] versus [ˈhɛlftn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "Hälfte" vs "Hälften" - which ranks higher?

"Hälfte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #905 in our German list, against #27,775 for "Hälften". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Hälfte" and "Hälften" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "Hälfte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hälften" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,780,490 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Hälfte" and "Hälften" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hälften vs Häuten". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,780,490 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.