# heller vs hells

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### hells
*noun · IPA /hɛlz/ · frequency rank #26,457*
plural of hell

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