# Halley vs heller

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Halley
*name · IPA /ˈhæl.iː/ · frequency rank #41,164*
A surname from Irish.

### heller
*noun · frequency rank #20,377*
A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halley-vs-heller