Helium

[ˈheːli̯ʊm]

/[ˈheːli̯ʊm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Helium” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,239
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u

Corpus desk

Index DE-helium · Helium · German

Helium · rank #28,239 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,239
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heiterkeit

Nearest frequency peer: Heiterkeit (-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 „Helium“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Helium“ 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).

Helium vs Helm
67% similar
Helium vs herum
50% similar
Helium vs Helmut
67% similar

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

Key facts for Helium
PropertyValue
HeadwordHelium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈheːli̯ʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,239
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Helium“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Heliumliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Heiterkeit“ (#28,238), „Hentai“ (#28,241), „Handwerkskammer“ (#28,236). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Helium“ bei #28,239. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Helium (IPA [ˈheːli̯ʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,239 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Helium, with forms such as "ehlium", "heilum", and "helimu". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Helm", "herum", "Helmut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Helium, spelled H-E-L-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Da Helium etwa fünfmal leichter als Luft ist, dient es als Füllgas für Ballone.
  2. „Die Sonne enthält etwa 71 % Wasserstoff, 27 % Helium und 2 % schwerere Elemente.“

Antonyms

Antihelium

This word in other languages

helium(English)helio(Español)hélium(Français)hélio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehlium
  • heilum
  • helimu
  • heliumm
  • hellium
  • heluim
  • hhelium
  • hleium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ehlium2heilum2helimu2heliumm1hellium1heluim2hhelium1hleium2
Edit distance from "Helium"

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 "Helium"?
"Helium" is spelled H-E-L-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈheːli̯ʊm].
What does "Helium" mean?
As a noun, "Helium" means: chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u
What words are commonly confused with "Helium"?
"Helium" is commonly confused with "Helm", "herum", "Helmut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Helium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Helium" is [ˈheːli̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Helium" come from?
"Helium" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hentai#28,241Hummer#28,252kicken#28,270Kruste#28,280

Similar misspelling depth

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

Graph8 variantsKommode8 variantslabert8 variantsfiesen8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list