# hear vs hel

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hear
*verb · IPA [hɪə(ɹ)] · frequency rank #34,155*
hören; mit dem Gehör wahrnehmen

### hel
*noun · IPA [xɛl] · frequency rank #47,474*
Helium

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hear-vs-hel