verhilft

/[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,519

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

verhilft is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft]. Often confused with vertieft and verhüllt.

Key facts for verhilft
PropertyValue
Headwordverhilft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,519
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verhilft in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verhilft is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,519 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for verhilft, with forms such as "evrhilft", "vehrilft", and "verhhilft". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "vertieft", "verhüllt", "verhält", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verhilft, spelled V-E-R-H-I-L-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrhilft,vehrilft,verhhilft,verhiflt,verhilfft,verhilftt,verhillft,verhiltf,verhlift,verihlft,verrhilft,vrehilft,vverhilft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verhilft

Misspelling Variants of "verhilft"

evrhilft8vehrilft8verhhilft9verhiflt8verhilfft9verhilftt9verhillft9verhiltf8
Misspelling Variants of "verhilft"

Frequency rank: #35,519 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verhilft"?
"verhilft" is spelled V-E-R-H-I-L-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft].
What does "verhilft" mean?
As a verb, "verhilft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen
What words are commonly confused with "verhilft"?
"verhilft" is commonly confused with "vertieft", "verhüllt", "verhält". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verhilft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verhilft" is [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪlft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verhilft" come from?
"verhilft" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.