help

[hɛlp]

/[hɛlp]/ noun

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The verdict

“help” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,732
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilfe

Corpus desk

Index DE-help · help · German

help · rank #12,732 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,732
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hartes

Nearest frequency peer: hartes (-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 „help“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „help“ 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).

help vs hl
50% similar
help vs HP
0% similar
help vs her
50% similar

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

Key facts for help
PropertyValue
Headwordhelp
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[hɛlp]
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,732
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „help“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).helpliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hartes“ (#12,731), „herrschenden“ (#12,733), „Gummi“ (#12,730). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „help“ bei #12,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around help (IPA [hɛlp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,732 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for help, with forms such as "ehlp", "hellp", and "helpp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hl", "HP", "her", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is help, spelled H-E-L-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfe
  2. 2
    Hilfsmittel, Mittel
  3. 3
    Dienstmädchen, Mädchen
  4. 4
    Aushilfe, Hilfskraft
  5. 5
    eine Essensportion, eine Portion Essen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I need some help with my homework.

Synonyms

assistancesupportbenefitaidhelperservant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehlp
  • hellp
  • helpp
  • hepl
  • hhelp
  • hlep

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of help - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ehlp2hellp1helpp1hepl2hhelp1hlep2
Edit distance from "help"

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 "help"?
"help" is spelled H-E-L-P. The IPA pronunciation is [hɛlp].
What does "help" mean?
As a noun, "help" means: Hilfe
What words are commonly confused with "help"?
"help" is commonly confused with "hl", "HP", "her". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "help"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "help" is [hɛlp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "help" come from?
"help" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kühn#12,751gate#12,712dorn#12,693baue#12,670

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Kenia6 variantsVienna6 variantswater6 variantsweht6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list