# Heften vs hellen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Heften
*noun · IPA [ˈhɛftn̩] · frequency rank #30,112*
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Heft

### hellen
*verb · IPA [ˈhɛlən] · frequency rank #9,215*
erhellen, heller werden

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