halb
[halp]
The verdict
“halb” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,849
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geteilt durch zwei; die Hälfte von etwas seiend; zu 50 Prozent
Corpus desk
Index DE-halb · halb · German
halb · rank #1,849 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,849
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Jan
Nearest frequency peer: Jan (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “halb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gearbeitet
gearbeitet
98,155 corpus weight
- Geist
Geist
98,154 corpus weight
- halb
halb
98,152 corpus weight
- Jan
Jan
98,151 corpus weight
- laufe
laufe
98,150 corpus weight
- le
le
98,149 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “halb” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | halb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [halp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “halb” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around halb (IPA [halp]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,849 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for halb, with forms such as "ahlb", "habl", and "halbb". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hl", "hat", "hol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is halb, spelled H-A-L-B.
Definition
- 1geteilt durch zwei; die Hälfte von etwas seiend; zu 50 Prozent
- 2nicht ganz, nur teilweise
- 3nicht ganz das, was es einmal sein soll/wird, wenn der Vorgang dahinter weiterläuft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how halb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»Die werden halb Frankreich alarmiert haben.«
Er verbringt den halben Tag vor dem Computer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahlb
- habl
- halbb
- hallb
- hhalb
- hlab
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of halb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "halb", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "halb". Here's where to go from here.
- "halb" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hl". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,849 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.