hältst
[hɛlt͡st]
The verdict
“hältst” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,218
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs halten
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 | hältst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛlt͡st] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hältst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hältst (IPA [hɛlt͡st]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,218 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs halten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hältst, with forms such as "hhältst", "hlätst", and "hälltst". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "hast", "hats", "hasst", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hältst, spelled H-Ä-L-T-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs halten
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhältst
- hlätst
- hälltst
- hälstt
- hältsst
- hältstt
- hältts
- hälttst
- hätlst
- ähltst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hältst - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “hältst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-Ä-L-T-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [hɛlt͡st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hast” - see the side-by-side comparison. hältst vs hast
- 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.