Helmes
[ˈhɛlməs]
The verdict
“Helmes” is uncommon German (frequency #51,403 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,403
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Helm
Corpus desk
Index DE-helmes · Helmes · German
Helmes · rank #51,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,403
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hermsdorf
Nearest frequency peer: Hermsdorf (+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 „Helmes“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Heeren
Heeren
48,602 corpus weight
- heiteres
heiteres
48,600 corpus weight
- Helmes
Helmes
48,598 corpus weight
- Hermsdorf
Hermsdorf
48,597 corpus weight
- Herzfeld
Herzfeld
48,596 corpus weight
- heule
heule
48,595 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Helmes“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Helmes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛlməs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Helmes“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Helmes is uncommon German at frequency #51,403 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɛlməs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Helm".
Zero misspellings are on record for Helmes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Helmes, spelled H-E-L-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Helm
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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