# hel vs hen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hen
*noun · IPA [hɛn] · frequency rank #34,162*
die Henne, ein weiblicher Vogel

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