Which to use
“Held” and “Hemd” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,618
- “Held” frequency rank
- #6,667
- “Hemd” frequency rank
- 11285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Held | Hemd |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemand, der sich besonders mutig oder erfolgreich für andere oder für eine Sache einsetzt oder bei einem Einsatz umkommt | Teil der Oberbekleidung für den Oberkörper, vor allem für Männer |
Where the eye mixes Held and Hemd
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Held and Hemd follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Held vs Hemd
A purely visual mix-up. Held ([hɛlt]) and Hemd ([hɛmt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - l in “Held” becomes m in “Hemd”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Held is recorded at frequency rank #4,618, classified as anoun, pronounced [hɛlt]. Hemd is at rank #6,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɛmt].
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 11285, this pair ranks #1,970,679 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Held vs Hemd
Shared letters: deh. Private to "Held": l. Private to "Hemd": m.
"Held" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Hemd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Held" for "Hemd" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Held" vs "Hemd" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Held" and "Hemd" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Held" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hemd" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,970,679 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Held" and "Hemd" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hemd vs Hemer". 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 #1,970,679 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.