hellt
[hɛlt]
The verdict
“hellt” is uncommon German (frequency #82,873 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,873
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hellt · hellt · German
hellt · rank #82,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,873
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH Heimtrainer
Nearest frequency peer: Heimtrainer (-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 “hellt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hauptakteure
Hauptakteure
17,132 corpus weight
- heimliches
heimliches
17,130 corpus weight
- Heimtrainer
Heimtrainer
17,129 corpus weight
- hellt
hellt
17,128 corpus weight
- Henrys
Henrys
17,126 corpus weight
- Herbizide
Herbizide
17,125 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hellt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hellt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛlt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hellt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hellt is uncommon German at frequency #82,873 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hellt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 hellt, spelled H-E-L-L-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hellen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hellen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hellen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hellt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.