Gehilfe
[ɡəˈhɪlfə]
The verdict
“Gehilfe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,637
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die „eine Gehilfenprüfung bestanden hat“
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gehilfe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhɪlfə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gehilfe” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Gehilfe (IPA [ɡəˈhɪlfə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,637 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gehilfe, with forms such as "eghilfe", "gehhilfe", and "gehifle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "geile", "Gehirne", "Gehölze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Gehilfe, spelled G-E-H-I-L-F-E.
Definition
- 1Person, die „eine Gehilfenprüfung bestanden hat“
- 2Person, die bei bestimmten Arbeiten als Hilfe mitwirkt
- 3Person, die bei einer Straftat unterstützend mitgewirkt hat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eghilfe,gehhilfe,gehifle,gehilef,gehilffe,gehillfe,gehlife,geihlfe,ggehilfe,gheilfe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gehilfe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gehilfe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-I-L-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈhɪlfə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “geile” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gehilfe vs geile
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.