helft

[hɛlft]

/[hɛlft]/ verb

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The verdict

“helft” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,042
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-helft · helft · German

helft · rank #9,042 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,042
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harmonie

Nearest frequency peer: Harmonie (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „helft“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „helft“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

helft vs het
60% similar
helft vs hell
60% similar
helft vs heut
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for helft
PropertyValue
Headwordhelft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[hɛlft]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,042
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „helft“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).helftliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Harmonie“ (#9,041), „Herd“ (#9,043), „Handschrift“ (#9,040). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „helft“ bei #9,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around helft (IPA [hɛlft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,042 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for helft, with forms such as "ehlft", "heflt", and "helfft". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "het", "hell", "heut", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is helft, spelled H-E-L-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehlft
  • heflt
  • helfft
  • helftt
  • hellft
  • heltf
  • hhelft
  • hleft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of helft - 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.

ehlft2heflt2helfft1helftt1hellft1heltf2hhelft1hleft2
Edit distance from "helft"

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 "helft"?
"helft" is spelled H-E-L-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛlft].
What does "helft" mean?
As a verb, "helft" means: 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen
What words are commonly confused with "helft"?
"helft" is commonly confused with "het", "hell", "heut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "helft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "helft" is [hɛlft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "helft" come from?
"helft" 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 "helft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hetze#9,045Hülle#9,047geübt#9,034lebst#9,057

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Heulen8 variantsFuture8 variantsmadame8 variantserwies8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list