halltvshalteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,556
“hallt” frequency rank
#1,390
“halte” frequency rank
43946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hallt halte
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hallen 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs halten

Where the eye mixes hallt and halte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
hallt
5 ch
halte

Look-alike desk: hallt vs halte

A purely visual mix-up. hallt ([halt]) and halte ([ˈhaltə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hallt is recorded at frequency rank #42,556, classified as averb, pronounced [halt]. halte is at rank #1,390, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈhaltə].

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 43946, this pair ranks #1,402,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hallt vs halte

Shared letters: ahlt. Private to "hallt": -. Private to "halte": e.

"hallt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "halte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • halltahllt · halltt · haltl · hhallt · hlalt
  • halteahlte · halet · hallte · haltte · hatle · hhalte · hlate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hallt" and "halte" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([halt] versus [ˈhaltə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "hallt" vs "halte" - which ranks higher?
"halte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,390 in our German list, against #42,556 for "hallt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hallt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "halte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,402,004 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hallt" and "halte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "halal vs hallt". 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 #1,402,004 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