hilf
[hɪlf]
The verdict
“hilf” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,298
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hilf · hilf · German
hilf · rank #10,298 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,298
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH health
Nearest frequency peer: health (-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 „hilf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Hase
Hase
89,706 corpus weight
- Hawaii
Hawaii
89,705 corpus weight
- health
health
89,704 corpus weight
- hilf
hilf
89,703 corpus weight
- Hindernis
Hindernis
89,702 corpus weight
- hindurch
hindurch
89,701 corpus weight
What this shows „hilf“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hilf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪlf] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #10,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „hilf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hilf (IPA [hɪlf]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,298 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hilf, with forms such as "hhilf", "hifl", and "hilff". 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, "hl", "hin", "Hof", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hilf, spelled H-I-L-F.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs helfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhilf
- hifl
- hilff
- hillf
- hlif
- ihlf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hilf - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hilf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).