Which to use
“heilt” is a verb and “Heldt” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,919
- “heilt” frequency rank
- #28,702
- “Heldt” frequency rank
- 47621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | heilt | Heldt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heilen | Familienname |
Where the eye mixes heilt and Heldt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. heilt (CVVCC) and Heldt (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: heilt vs Heldt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: heilt is [haɪ̯lt] while Heldt is [hɛlt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
heilt is recorded at frequency rank #18,919, classified as averb, pronounced [haɪ̯lt]. Heldt is at rank #28,702, tagged as aname, pronounced [hɛlt].
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 47621, this pair ranks #1,277,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of heilt vs Heldt
Shared letters: ehlt. Private to "heilt": i. Private to "Heldt": d.
"heilt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Heldt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "heilt" for "Heldt" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "heilt" or "Heldt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "heilt" and "Heldt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "heilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Heldt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,277,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "heilt" and "Heldt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hel vs Heldt". 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 #1,277,916 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.