hl

abbrev

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The verdict

“hl” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,964) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,964
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hektoliter (= 100 Liter)

Corpus desk

Index DE-hl · hl · German

hl · rank #5,964 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,964
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heer

Nearest frequency peer: Heer (-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 “hl”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “hl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

hl vs hm
50% similar
hl vs Ho
0% similar
hl vs HP
0% similar

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

Key facts for hl
PropertyValue
Headwordhl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters2
Frequency rank#5,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hl” sits in German frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).hl lands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for hl is neighbouring look-alikes ("hm", "Ho", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #5,964 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Gloss: "Hektoliter (= 100 Liter)".

hl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hm", "Ho", "HP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 hl, spelled H-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hektoliter (= 100 Liter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wir liefern ihnen fünf Fässer mit einem hl und ein Fass mit drei hl Fassungsvermögen.

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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hl"?
"hl" is spelled H-L.
What does "hl" mean?
As an abbreviation, "hl" means: Hektoliter (= 100 Liter)
What words are commonly confused with "hl"?
"hl" is commonly confused with "hm", "Ho", "HP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "hl" come from?
"hl" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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  • "hl" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hm". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #5,964 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list