Helferin

[ˈhɛlfəʁɪn]

/[ˈhɛlfəʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Helferin” is uncommon German (frequency #56,210 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,210
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die jemandem hilft oder ihn unterstützt

Corpus desk

Index DE-helferin · Helferin · German

Helferin · rank #56,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,210
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heimathafen

Nearest frequency peer: Heimathafen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Helferin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Helferin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Helferin
PropertyValue
HeadwordHelferin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhɛlfəʁɪn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Helferin“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Helferinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Heimathafen“ (#56,209), „hellblauen“ (#56,211), „Heiligenschein“ (#56,208). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Helferin“ bei #56,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Helferin is uncommon German at frequency #56,210 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛlfəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die jemandem hilft oder ihn unterstützt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Helferin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Helferin, spelled H-E-L-F-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die jemandem hilft oder ihn unterstützt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Helferin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Diese Ummantelung könnte der Wunsch nach einem Gespräch mit dem Pfarrer ebenso sein wie das Begleitet werden durch eine freiwillige Helferin sein.“
  2. „Eine Helferin im Arbeitskreis Asyl beschreibt ihn als freundlichen, gebildeten jungen Mann.“

This word in other languages

helper(English)adjoint(Français)

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

How do you spell "Helferin"?
"Helferin" is spelled H-E-L-F-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛlfəʁɪn].
What does "Helferin" mean?
As a noun, "Helferin" means: weibliche Person, die jemandem hilft oder ihn unterstützt
How do you pronounce "Helferin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Helferin" is [ˈhɛlfəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Helferin" come from?
"Helferin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Helferin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hinterer#56,217happened#56,199härteres#56,225Halbsatz#56,194

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list