hilfloser
[ˈhɪlfloːzɐ]
The verdict
“hilfloser” is uncommon German (frequency #87,831 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,831
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hilfloser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhɪlfloːzɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hilfloser” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hilfloser is uncommon German at frequency #87,831 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪlfloːzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hilfloser, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hilfloser, spelled H-I-L-F-L-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilflos
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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Using “hilfloser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-L-F-L-O-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɪlfloːzɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.